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During Barack Obama’s final year as president, he was denied the ability to appoint the replacement for Justice Scalia.
Republicans held firm that since it was Obama’s last year in office, he did not get to appoint a replacement per tradition.
That tradition, however, is a bit misstated, something Graham is now going to regret.
On the Record
Senator Graham (R-S.C.) was attending The Atlantic Festival when he was asked about denying Obama’s nominee.
This was his response…
Sen. Lindsey Graham justifies his treatment of Merrick Garland: "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" pic.twitter.com/E8N7a8IlIG
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 3, 2018
Graham got it wrong, though.
No SCOTUS appointment has gone through in more than 100 years when an opposing party held the Senate, as was the case with Obama.
In Trump’s case, his party holds the Senate, but Graham is already on the record saying he would not push a nominee in Trump’s last year.
More Problems
Graham is not the only problem, though, as at least two other GOP senators have gone on record in recent weeks saying they would not vote on a SCOTUS nomination this late in the election season.
Surely, they never expected to see Ginsburg pass away this close to the election when they said it, but that does not really matter now, does it?
You can read more about this report on The Daily Caller.
