Trump urges Republicans to confirm new Supreme Court nominee 'without delay'

On the Republican side, however, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who blocked a Senate hearing of an Obama appointee shortly ahead of the 2016 election to replace late Justice Antonin Scalia who died in February that year, said Friday that the Senate will vote on Trump's nominee to fill the vacancy Ginsburg left.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who is on Trump's list of potential Supreme Court nominees announced on Sept 9, said Friday the president should tap a new justice "next week."