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Florida Sens. Rubio, Scott vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett

Florida Sens. Rubio, Scott vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett
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Florida Sens. Rubio, Scott vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett
Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott both voted Monday night to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The Senate confirmed Barrett’s nomination on a largely party line 52-48 vote shortly before Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to Barrett at an outdoor White House ceremony.Maine Sen. Susan Collins was the only Republican to vote against Barrett’s nomination. Sen. Rick Scott said shortly after the vote that he was proud to support Barrett. “Despite Democrats’ refusal to engage in this process, Senate Republicans did our job and confirmed an eminently qualified judge to be the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court,” Scott said. “I’m proud to support Justice Barrett and know she will serve our nation well.” Rubio took to Twitter to announce that Barrett had been confirmed, but did not make further comment about his vote to confirm her. In 2016, when President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy that was created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, Rubio said he did not think the Senate should move forward with the confirmation process. “I don’t think we should be moving forward with a nominee in the last year of this president’s term,” Rubio said in 2016. “I would say that even if it was a Republican president.”Obama nominated Garland in the spring of 2016, months before the election.

Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott both voted Monday night to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

The Senate confirmed Barrett’s nomination on a largely party line 52-48 vote shortly before Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to Barrett at an outdoor White House ceremony.

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Maine Sen. Susan Collins was the only Republican to vote against Barrett’s nomination.

Sen. Rick Scott said shortly after the vote that he was proud to support Barrett.

“Despite Democrats’ refusal to engage in this process, Senate Republicans did our job and confirmed an eminently qualified judge to be the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court,” Scott said. “I’m proud to support Justice Barrett and know she will serve our nation well.”

Rubio took to Twitter to announce that Barrett had been confirmed, but did not make further comment about his vote to confirm her.

In 2016, when President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy that was created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, Rubio said he did not think the Senate should move forward with the confirmation process.

“I don’t think we should be moving forward with a nominee in the last year of this president’s term,” Rubio said in 2016. “I would say that even if it was a Republican president.”

Obama nominated Garland in the spring of 2016, months before the election.