Schumer: ‘Nothing Is Off the Table’ If GOP Moves to Confirm Supreme Court Nominee

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at the Back the Thrive Agenda press conference at the Longworth Office Building in Washington on Sept. 10, 2020. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told his colleagues during a Democratic caucus call on Saturday afternoon that retaliation is possible if Republicans fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the inauguration in January.

“Let me be clear: if Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans move forward with this, then nothing is off the table for next year,” Schumer said, according to Politico. “Nothing is off the table.”