‘Without delay!’: Trump urges Republicans to move quickly on Ginsburg replacement

© AP Photo/Alex Brandon President Donald Trump walks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Washington, as he returns from a campaign rally in Minnesota.

President Donald Trump on Saturday said Republicans have an “obligation” to quickly fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court.

“We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices,” Trump tweeted, tagging the GOP party handle. “We have this obligation, without delay!”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to hold a vote for Trump’s nominee, igniting a political firestorm between Democrats and Republicans 45 days before Election Day.

Trump is expected to nominate his pick as soon as the middle of next week, according to two people familiar with the plans.

Democratic nominee Joe Biden has said the winner of the November election should nominate a justice.

The Supreme Court announced Ginsburg’s death Friday from complications from pancreatic cancer. She was 87.