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this is the second time he s tried to nominate him, is it not? reporter: the last time he nominated him, which was last summer, ratcliffe ended up pulling out after facing bipartisan blowback over his lack of national security experience and allegations he had exaggerated his resume. but he was a prominent defender of the president during his impeachment proceedings. i ve got to tell you, david, this will be a tough confirmation battle to say the least. jon, thank you. we turn to the race for 2020 tonight. the south carolina primary tomorrow and then super tuesday. could bernie sanders make the map very difficult to catch up? how badly does joe biden need a major win tomorrow? as the candidates now make the case amid these coronavirus fears that they could better handle this crisis. terry moran tonight from south carolina. reporter: on the eve of the south carolina primary, the threat of a coronavirus pandemic could be fundamentally changing this presidential campaign, and you
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scare, but she keeps coming back and what s different this time around is where we are in america. if she were to leave, martin, president trump would have a third appointment to the supreme court, and this one would be far more consequential than the first two. in fact, i would compare it to 1991 when clarence thomas says saided thurgood marshall. and then, we re about to go into an election year so the politicking around any kind of confirmation battle would be so ratcheted up and if you recall back in 2016 when antonin scalia suddenly passed away and president obama tried to name a successor, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked that nomination. this time around though, martin, he has said that if president
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