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blueseas

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Mon Sep 21, 2020, 03:28 PM Sep 2020

A LONG list of GOP Sen. who promised not to confirm a Supreme Court Nominee in an Election year.

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It’s a far cry from four years ago. When this same situation unfolded in 2016, after Justice Antonin Scalia died in February of that year, many Senate Republicans—most of whom are still in the chamber—drew what purported to be a principled line in the sand, insisting that it was too close to the presidential election for President Barack Obama to choose a replacement. It should be up to the voters to decide in November, they argued.

More:

https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/09/a-long-list-of-gop-senators-who-promised-not-to-confirm-a-supreme-court-nominee-during-an-election-year/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=website

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A LONG list of GOP Sen. who promised not to confirm a Supreme Court Nominee in an Election year. (Original Post) blueseas Sep 2020 OP
The party of the greedy hypocrites. BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #1
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