Sen. Lamar Alexander Backs Vote on Trump Supreme Court Nominee

Senator Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, listens during a hearing in Washington, DC, on June 30, 2020. Al Drago/AFP via Getty Images

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said he backs voting for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee following Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.

He claimed Democrats “would do” the same thing “if the shoe were on the other foot.”