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Trump's Nominee for Supreme Court Loves to Mock Him

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Refers to the GOP nominee as 'Darth Trump.'

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One of Donald Trump's candidates for the Supreme Court has a history of comparing the Republican presidential hopeful to Darth Vader. On Wednesday, Trump mentioned Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett as one of 11 people he was considering for the U.S. Supreme Court. But Trump was apparently unaware of -- or unperturbed by -- Willett's comments dubbing the GOP nominee "Darth Trump." "'We'll rebuild the Death Star. It'll be amazing, believe me. And the rebels will pay for it.' —Darth Trump," Willett wrote on Twitter last month. Millett's repeated mockery of Trump traces back to last June, when he questioned Trump's ability to select candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court.

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