Capito, Morrisey welcome Trump’s SCOTUS pick; Manchin keeps quiet

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and the Republican campaigning to serve alongside her each signaled Tuesday their support for President Donald Trump’s second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who is running for re-election in November against state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, did not indicate one way or another in a statement released Monday evening. Instead, he said he would evaluate Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s record, while also invoking current Justice Neil Gorsuch and President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland.