WASHINGTON- Sen. Deb Fischer supports President Trump quickly filling the vacant Supreme Court seat. In 2016, Fischer supported the blocking of President Obama's nominee because it was an election year. President Trump plans to announce his nominee by Saturday before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's burial at Arlington National Cemetery next week. Senate Republicans plan to move quickly to get the nominee confirmed before the Nov. 3 election.

“Since 1796 during election years of unified government between the Senate and the president, there have been 17 successful Supreme Court confirmations,” Fischer said in a statement. “Accordingly, voting on President Trump’s nominee is what the people who elected him in 2016, along with an enhanced Senate majority in both 2016 and 2018, expect us to do. It is also what Democrat leaders have said they would do if they were in our position.”

Nebraska Democratic Party Chair issued a statement calling Sen. Ben Sasse and Fischer President Trump's 'puppets'. Fischer said, "For politicians to say one thing at one time and change it another-- not going to work."

During the 2016 debate, Fischer wrote to a constituent outlining why she supported blocking the Garland nomination. “It has not been the practice of the Senate to fill a Supreme Court vacancy that arises during an election year.

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