WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) — Some Republicans in Congress joined Donald Trump‘s call for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign after scathing comments she made about the presumptive GOP nominee.
Trump and other GOP leaders said it was improper for a member of the Supreme Court to speak out against a presidential candidate.
In a social media message Wednesday, Trump added, “Her mind is shot — resign!”
Ginsburg, 83, spoke disdainfully about Trump, saying in an interview published Monday in The New York Times, “I can’t imagine what this place would be, I can’t imagine what the country would be, with Donald Trump as our president.”
Interviewed by CNN Tuesday, Ginsburg reinforced her comments, saying “He is a faker. He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. … How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? The press seems to be very gentle with him on that.”
Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, said in a statement Wednesday that Ginsburg’s remarks“are the antithesis of Lady Justice and in direct violation for what the highest court in the land stands. Justice Ginsburg’s actions must be met with consequences. I agree with Donald Trump that she should resign.”
Speaking Tuesday on CNN, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., called Ginsburg’s comments “out of place,” adding “For someone on the Supreme Court who is going to be calling balls and strikes in the future based upon whatever the next president and Congress does, that strikes me as inherently biased and out of the realm.”
