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Supreme Court press release on Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death
“Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C., due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. She was 87 years old. Justice Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Clinton in 1993. She was the second woman appointed to the Court and served more than 27 years…
Will Trump react on live TV to Ginsberg’s death?
Trump is currently speaking to a campaign rally in Minnesota, and has been speaking since just before the news of Ginsberg’s death was made public just minutes ago. It’s not clear what the president might know or not know about Ginsberg’s death, or whether he might react to the news of Ginsberg’s death in real time, while on live television.
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