Donald Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE blasted Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Thursday for calling for a third-party candidate in order to block the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, saying that doing so would put the Supreme Court in jeopardy of swinging to the left.

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In an interview with Fox News’s “Special Report with Bret Baier,” Trump was asked about Sasse’s proposal.

“Yes, he's a real genius,” Trump said sarcastically. “So let's say you get somebody to run. That means the Republican can't win. Now you have four to five Supreme Court justices that will be picked by Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE or whoever it is, but probably Hillary. Bernie [Sanders] even worse.”

Trump added that he is planning on releasing a list of 10–15 possible nominees to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He also revealed that he had consulted with the Heritage Foundation on filling the court.

“These are conservative judges who would be great judges,” he said.