[The Hill] President Trump joked Tuesday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) would be his pick for the next Supreme Court vacancy, saying the senator could get unanimously confirmed because lawmakers in both parties would jump at the chance to get rid of him in Congress.
During a midterm rally in Lubbock, Texas, the president praised Cruz as a "brilliant lawyer" before suggesting he had found a way around the often-contentious Supreme Court confirmation process.
"I picked three Supreme Court justices, and it's very hard to get them approved," Trump said, referring to his appointments of Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. "I said, 'Look, I have an answer to it.' Ted is a brilliant guy, brilliant lawyer, brilliant all that," he said.
Trump continued, "Went to law school, top student, everything, top credentials. I said, 'I have an answer to not being able to get it past the Democrats or the Republicans together.' I would pick Ted Cruz to be the next Supreme Court justice."
Trump predicted that in an unusual move, Democrats would "100 percent" support the nomination because "they hate the guy and they want to get rid of him."
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