Michael Holmes
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Mitch McConnell in 2016: "There hasn’t been a vacancy created in a presidential election year filled in 80 years... so this vacancy will not be filled this year. We will look forward to the American people deciding who they want to make this appointment through their own votes”
Michael Holmes
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Ted Cruz in 2016: ""It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."
Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Lindsey Graham in 2018: "If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump's term, and the primary process has started, we'll wait to the next election"
Michael Holmes
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Sen Lisa Murkowski in August: It would be a “double standard” to fill a Supreme Court vacancy before 2021 & “would not support it.”
Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Sen John Thune, 2016. "Since the next presidential election is already underway, the next president should make this lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court."
Michael Holmes
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SenJohn Barrasso in 2016: “The American people will soon decide our next president. That person should get to choose the next Supreme Court nominee. Give the people a voice, and let them chart the course for the court and the country."
Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Sen Cory Gardner 2016: "Our next election is too soon and the stakes are too high; the American people deserve a role in this process as the next Supreme Court Justice will influence the direction of this country for years to come."

Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Sen Ron Johnson 2016: “In a very unique moment in time, eight months before an election where the American public will decide the direction of the country , why not let the American people decide the direction of the Supreme Court... let the American people decide.”
Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Sen Rob Portman 2016: “I believe the American people should have a voice in this debate. This is a lifetime appointment that could reshape the Supreme Court for generations, and I believe the best thing for the country is to trust the American people to weigh in.
Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Sen Pat Toomey 2016: “With the presidential election fewer than eight months away, it is wise to give the American people a more direct voice in the selection and confirmation of the next justice.”
Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
Sen Marco Rubio 2016: “I don’t think we should be moving forward on a nominee in the last year of this president's term. I would say that if it were a Republican president.”
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Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Sen Steve Daines 2016: “The Senate should exercise its constitutional powers by not confirming a new #SCOTUS justice until Americans have their voices heard.”
Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Sen Mike Lee 2016: “We think that the American people need a chance to weigh in on this issue, on who will fill that seat. They’ll have that chance this November. And they oughta have that chance.”
Michael Holmes
@holmescnn
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Sen Tom Cotton 2016: "In a few short months, we will have a new President and new Senators who can consider the next Justice with the full faith of the people...Why would we squelch the voice of the populace? Why would we deny the voters a chance to weigh in...?"
Michael Holmes
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Sen John Cornyn 2016: “This is really about an important principle. It's important to allow the voters, in choosing the next President of the United States, make that decision and make sure their voice is heard rather than just 100 members of the Senate.”
Michael Holmes
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Sen David Perdue 2016: “I believe the decision to not hold hearings for a Supreme Court nominee this year is a wise course of action in the midst of a presidential election..."
Michael Holmes
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Sen Mike Lee 2016: “We think that the American people need a chance to weigh in on this issue, on who will fill that seat. They’ll have that chance this November. And they oughta have that chance.”
Michael Holmes
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Sen Chuck Grassley 2016: “A lifetime appointment that could dramatically impact individual freedoms and change the direction of the court for at least a generation is too important to get bogged down in politics. The American people shouldn’t be denied a voice."
jc331
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Michael Holmes
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Sen David Perdue 2016: “I believe the decision to not hold hearings for a Supreme Court nominee this year is a wise course of action in the midst of a presidential election..."
Michael Holmes
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Sen Mike Lee 2016: “We think that the American people need a chance to weigh in on this issue, on who will fill that seat. They’ll have that chance this November. And they oughta have that chance.”
Michael Holmes
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Sen Chuck Grassley 2016: “A lifetime appointment that could dramatically impact individual freedoms and change the direction of the court for at least a generation is too important to get bogged down in politics. The American people shouldn’t be denied a voice."
jc331
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