Did John Barrasso vote the way they spoke on the Supreme Court in March 2016?
John Barrasso, U.S. Senator (R-WY) ·
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.
Voted Yea, 26 Oct 2020
Barrasso said in 2016 that the president voters would soon elect should choose the next nominee. In October 2020, eight days before a presidential election, he voted to confirm Barrett.
In March 2016 Barrasso said the president the voters would soon elect should choose the next Supreme Court nominee; the same statement said a president on his way out of the White House should not make the appointment. In October 2020, eight days before a presidential election, he voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett; in 2020 he said that when one party holds the White House and the Senate, the nomination historically goes forward.
Said vs. voted · Supreme Court
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Said one thing, voted another
What they said
- Date
- Where
- Written statement from his Senate office after President Obama nominated Merrick Garland.
How they voted
- Date
- Measure
- Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (PN2252)
- Question
- On the Nomination (Amy Coney Barrett)
- Vote
- Yea