Trump denies discussing issues with Barrett

President Donald Trump says he didn't ask Supreme Court minee Amy Coney Barrett wher she'd rule in his favor should Supreme Court have to decide 2020 election.

Trump and Republicans have cited election as one reason y've rushed to seat Barrett on court. Trump said he does t kw wher she'd rule in his favor in any litigation over vote.

Trump said Thursday at his town hall event: "It would be totally up to her."

president ackwledged he changed his standard for court appointments this year. In 2016, he argued that President Barack Obama should t be able to fill an empty seat eight months before election. This year he is pushing Barrett through less than three weeks before Election Day.

Trump said reason was Democratic opposition to his last minee, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual harassment in his 2018 confirmation. " whole ballgame changed when I saw way y treated Judge Kavanaugh," Trump said. "I have never seen a human being treated so badly."

Trump also broke with many in his party in refusing to answer wher he would like to see Roe v. Wade overturned. law guarantees women right to an abortion.

Trump said that he didn't "want to do anything to influence anything right w," suggesting that taking a position on issue might appear as though he's trying to influence his supreme court minee.