Jason Kander’s Cheeky Tweet: Fill SCOTUS Seat in 2020

By Daniel J. Solomon February 1, 2017

Jason Kander, the former Missouri Senate candidate, wants his would-have-been colleagues in Washington, D.C. to stop any Supreme Court nominee put forth by President Donald Trump.

With just 1,373 days until Americans vote in the 2020 election, responsible thing to do is wait until then to consider any #SCOTUS nominee.

— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) January 30, 2017

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His message could be read as a tongue-in-cheek response to Republicans, who refused to consider former President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to fill the open seat on the Supreme Court, citing the fact that Obama was in the last year of his tenure. That vacancy has now fallen to Trump, who plans to announce a pick on Tuesday night.

Kander is a rising star within the Democratic Party. He previously was Missouri’s secretary of state and a state representative. Before that, he served a tour in Afghanistan with the Army, in which he enlisted after the World Trade Center attacks. While Hillary Clinton lost Missouri by double-digits, Kander held Republican incumbent Roy Blunt’s victory margin to within three points.

Contact Daniel J. Solomon at [email protected] or on Twitter @DanielJSolomon

Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.

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