NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT: [Reporter: “Sir, do you want to see a nominee on your Supreme Court choice before the election?”]
“Well, we’ll see what happens. We’ll be talking to people soon. We have great respect for the process. This has happened numerous times. And every time, there was a nominee, as you know. There’s been many occasions where, frankly, it turned out to be during a presidential year. I think I heard 28, but whatever it may be. But in all cases, they went forward.
But we want to respect the process, and the process will move. I think it’s going to move very quickly, actually. I agree with the statement put out by Mitch McConnell. I agree with it, actually, 100 percent. I put out a very similar statement you saw. So I think we’re going to start the process extremely soon, and we’ll have a nominee very soon.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 19, 2020