Schumer privately asked Trump to nominate Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
By John Bowden and Jordain Carney - 07/05/18 12:36 PM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately urged President Trump in a phone conversation to nominate Merrick Garland, former President Obama's Supreme Court nominee from 2016, to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
A person familiar with the conversation said on Thursday that Schumer told Trump in a phone call that lasted less than five minutes on Tuesday that the move would help unify the country.
The Democratic leader also warned the president against nominating a potential justice to the Supreme Court who would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, stating that such a move would be "cataclysmic" and damaging to Trump's legacy, according to a person familiar with the call, which was first reported by The Washington Post.
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