20 names on the list are in addition to those Trump has previously said he’d consider for Supreme Court nominations; the earlier ones remain under consideration, according to sources.
Those listed previously were largely anti-LGBTQ+ and antichoice, although Neil Gorsuch, now on the court, surprisingly authored a ruling for LGBTQ+ equality in June in Bostock v.
Clayton County. The 20 additions are much the same.Cruz, who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, is a longtime opponent of marriage equality and supporter of restrictions on transgender people’s use of public restrooms.
He’s in his second term representing Texas in the U.S. Senate, where he has received low scores on LGBTQ+ rights on the Human Rights Campaign’s.