Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden argues that taking a stance now on whether, as president, he would seek to increase the number of Supreme Court justices would play right into the hands of President Trump.
“[Trump] always wants [you to] take the eye off the ball, change the subject. I’m not going to play his game,” Biden told a local Las Vegas news station over the weekend.
On Thursday, Biden was asked the same thing by reporters in Arizona: “[Voters will] know my opinion on court-packing when the election is over. It’s a great question, and I don’t blame you for asking it, but you know the moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that.”
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