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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020, and within hours Trumpworld was already signaling that the vacancy would be used as a political weapon. The result was an instant legitimacy crisis, a fresh fight over election-year hypocrisy, and a gift to Democrats who had spent weeks warning exactly this would happen.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, 2020, and within hours Trumpworld was already signaling that the vacancy would be used as a political weapon. The result was an instant legitimacy crisis, a fresh fight over election-year hypocrisy, and a gift to Democrats who had spent weeks warning exactly this would happen.
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