Supreme Court vacancy

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Originally Posted by MTK

"I want you to use my words against me. If there's a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said, 'Let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination,' " he said in 2016 shortly after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. "And you could use my words against me and you'd be absolutely right."



Graham repeated the sentiment in October 2018 in an interview with The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. "If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump's term, and the primary process has started, we'll wait till the next election."



'Use My Words Against Me': Lindsey Graham's Shifting Position On Court Vacancies

I think Trump will nominate someone this week, but regardless of the statements over the weekend the senate will not move on it till after the election.

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