Trump Suggests Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Dying Wish Came From Liberal Operatives

Please give the woman a little more respect than this.

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I don’t know that she said that, or was that written out by Adam Schiff, Schumer, and Pelosi? I would be more inclined to the second. That came out of the wind, it sounds so beautiful … but that sounds like a Schumer deal or maybe Pelosi or shifty Schiff … maybe she did and maybe she didn’t.

— President Donald Trump, casting doubt upon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish that she “not be replaced until a new president is installed,” during an interview on “Fox & Friends.” Clara Spera, Ginsburg’s granddaughter, confirmed that her grandmother made the remark shortly before her death Friday evening, as did Ginsburg’s doctor.


Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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