Trump and Melania were booed and greeted with 'vote him out' and 'honor her wish' chants as they visited Ruth Bader Ginsburg's casket at the Supreme Court

• President Donald Trump faced boos and chants of "vote him out" when he and first lady Melania Trump paid their respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court on Thursday.
• The crowd also chanted "honor her wish," a reference to a request Ginsburg made to her granddaughter in the days before she died that her seat not be filled until after the presidential election.
• The president has baselessly rejected the legitimacy of Ginsburg's statement, claiming without evidence that top Democrats fabricated it.

President Donald Trump was booed and met with chants of "vote him out" when he and first lady Melania Trump paid their respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court on Thursday morning.

As the first couple stood by Ginsburg's casket, draped with an American flag, on the steps of the court building, a crowd behind fences nearby chanted and booed. The president and the first lady rarely venture out of the White House in Washington and thus rarely face public criticism the way they did on Thursday.

The crowd also chanted "honor her wish," a reference to a request Ginsburg made in the days before her death last Friday that her seat not be filled until after the presidential election.

"My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed," the 87-year-old justice told her granddaughter Clara Spera, NPR reported.

The president has baselessly rejected the legitimacy of Ginsburg's statement, claiming without evidence that top Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or Rep. Adam Schiff might have fabricated it.

"That came out of the wind. It sounds so beautiful. But that sounds like a Schumer deal, or maybe Pelosi or Shifty Schiff," Trump told Fox News earlier this week.

Since Friday, thousands of people have visited the Supreme Court to pay their respects to the influential liberal justice.

Reversing their position that Supreme Court nominees should not be considered during an election year, Republicans are swiftly moving to replace Ginsburg with a conservative justice and plan to hold a vote before Election Day. The president has said he'll announce his nominee on Saturday evening.