President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday evening that filling the vacant seat on the Supreme Court before the election is essential given the court’s role in resolving cases related to mail-in voter fraud.
“We need nine justices. You need that. With the unsolicited millions of ballots that they’re sending—it’s a scam, it’s a hoax. Everybody knows that. And the Democrats know it better than anybody else,” Trump said in response to a reporter who asked if confirming the justice would, as some Democrats said, “tear the country apart.”
