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Trump’s baseless suggestion that Democrats fabricated Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish is spreading online. Trump’s baseless suggestion that Democrats fabricated Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish is spreading online.
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President Trump questioned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish that her replacement on the Supreme Court be chosen by the next president, suggesting without evidence Monday that Democrats had concocted a quote provided by Justice Ginsburg’s grieving family.President Trump questioned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish that her replacement on the Supreme Court be chosen by the next president, suggesting without evidence Monday that Democrats had concocted a quote provided by Justice Ginsburg’s grieving family.
“I don’t know that she said that, or if that was written out by Adam Schiff, and Schumer and Pelosi,” Mr. Trump said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” early Monday, referring to three top Democrats, Representative Adam Schiff of California, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.“I don’t know that she said that, or if that was written out by Adam Schiff, and Schumer and Pelosi,” Mr. Trump said during an interview on “Fox & Friends” early Monday, referring to three top Democrats, Representative Adam Schiff of California, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.
“That came out of the wind. It sounds so beautiful, but that sounds like a Schumer deal, or maybe Pelosi or Shifty Schiff,” added Mr. Trump, interrupting one of the show’s co-hosts, who had tried to interject that the quote had been verified by journalists.“That came out of the wind. It sounds so beautiful, but that sounds like a Schumer deal, or maybe Pelosi or Shifty Schiff,” added Mr. Trump, interrupting one of the show’s co-hosts, who had tried to interject that the quote had been verified by journalists.
Days before her death on Friday, Justice Ginsburg, 87, dictated a statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera, saying, “my most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” according to NPR’s Nina Totenberg.Days before her death on Friday, Justice Ginsburg, 87, dictated a statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera, saying, “my most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed,” according to NPR’s Nina Totenberg.
Mr. Trump’s baseless questions about the provenance of the quote appear to originate with him. Questions about the legitimacy of Ms. Ginsburg’s “dying wish” were not circulating online in any significant way before his Fox News appearance. Mr. Trump’s baseless questions about the provenance of the quote appear to originate with him. Questions about the legitimacy of Justice Ginsburg’s “dying wish” were not circulating online in any significant way before his Fox News appearance.
But since his appearance, social media has filled with false claims echoing Mr. Trump’s conspiracy theory. On Twitter, users continued to spread their false claims that Ms. Ginsburg had dictated the note to her “8-year-old granddaughter.” (Ms. Spera is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School in 2017.) They have cast doubts on the integrity of NPR’s reporting. (Ms. Totenberg, the NPR reporter who published the detail about Ms. Ginsburg’s last wish, is a longtime Supreme Court reporter who has been close to the Ginsburg family for decades.) But since his appearance, social media has filled with false claims echoing Mr. Trump’s conspiracy theory. On Twitter, users continued to spread their false claims that Justice Ginsburg had dictated the note to her “8-year-old granddaughter.” (Ms. Spera is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School in 2017.) They have cast doubts on the integrity of NPR’s reporting. (Ms. Totenberg, the NPR reporter who published the detail about Justice Ginsburg’s last wish, is a longtime Supreme Court reporter who has been close to the Ginsburg family for decades.)
In an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, Ms. Totenberg confirmed her account of Ms. Ginsburg’s statement, and said that others in the room at the time witnessed her making it, including her doctor. “I checked,” Ms. Totenberg added, “because I’m a reporter.” In an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, Ms. Totenberg confirmed her account of Justice Ginsburg’s statement, and said that others in the room at the time witnessed her making it, including her doctor. “I checked,” Ms. Totenberg added, “because I’m a reporter.”
Mr. Schiff, one of the congressional Democrats Mr. Trump speculated might have invented Ms. Ginsburg’s request, responded on Twitter. “Mr. President,” he wrote, “this is low. Even for you.” Mr. Schiff, one of the congressional Democrats Mr. Trump speculated might have invented Justice Ginsburg’s request, responded on Twitter. “Mr. President,” he wrote, “this is low. Even for you.”