Promises Kept
To the Editor:
Joe Biden has adopted the position that the voters, through an election, should be heard on the nomination of the next Supreme Court justice. I can assure Joe Biden that the voters have been heard.
Donald Trump was elected, in large part, on his position regarding the nomination of Supreme Court justices. It is his duty, and the fulfillment of yet another promise, to his voters in that election that he nominate a justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Joe Biden has unequivocally dismissed the will of the people as expressed in the 2016 election. In fact, he affirms his position that your vote only counts when he is on the ballot in an imminent election. Once your vote is cast, Joe Biden believes he is released from the promises made to the voters to obtain that vote.
Trump was elected in 2016 to serve a full term.
The voters that elected him have been able to count on his commitment to the promises he made every day since his election. That is evident in the numerous promises he has kept through his administration of this country.
That includes discharging his duty to nominate Supreme Court justices during his term, his whole term.
If Joe Biden continues to adhere to the practice that a politician’s promises are only good until he is elected, then the people should choose a different politician. They did just that in 2016 with Donald Trump, and his accomplishments reflect it.
Andrew J. Buzzi, Jr
38 Obtuse Road, Newtown September 30, 2020
It’s curious that the writer says that “Donald Trump was elected, in large part, on his position regarding the nomination of Supreme Court justices”. This is unequivocally true. Remember what precipitated it. The Republican Senate refused to do their “Constitutional duty” – they refused to give advice and consent on President Obama’s chosen nominee, Merrick Garland. At the time, they said that eleven months before the election meant that the country ought to wait until the next presidential election. Now, even though voting has literally already started, the Republicans in the Senate, like the letter writer, are all about following Constitutional duty, and not the will of the people, as they claimed in 2016. I have no problem with President Trump nominating someone – it is his right, just as it was President Obama’s with Merrick Garland. The abject hypocrisy of the Republican Senate is the real issue. The example they create, that being in power allows one to do anything, really puts all “nuclear” options on the table.