RBG knew better. Of course she would wish Trump not make the appointment. Who knows what I'll say on my deathbed.
The family should not have repeated that statement unless they were perfectly willing to accept that such a statement is a POLITICAL statement, and a statement that would rightly attract criticism. I don't wish to attack grieving people, but I don't believe any extra weight should be given a statement like this just because it was a deathbed statement repeated for public consumption by grieving family members.
I'm not going to criticize any of those who began discussing the political angles of this before RBG's body was even cold. She was a political figure herself who certainly knew that this would be the hot topic of discussion upon her death. And rightly so; her replacement (or delayed replacement) has very real political consequences for all of America. There is no reason anyone should not weigh in on this topic now.
Of course nobody expects Republicans to actually honor her final wish, which was merely for them to follow the rules that they themselves put in place four years ago.
Just don't pretend like you actually give a s--t about RBG, or praise Trump or any other Republican for saying nice things about her. It's all just words. They don't actually care about any of her desires, and they're celebrating her death.
