Did Shelley Moore Capito vote the way they spoke on the Supreme Court in March 2016?
Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Senator (R-WV) ·
Before a Supreme Court justice is confirmed to a lifetime position on the bench, West Virginians and the American people should have the ability to weigh in at the ballot box this November. My position does not change with the naming of a nominee today. … With just a few months until the election, West Virginians should have an opportunity to express their views and elect a new president who will select the Supreme Court justice.
Voted Yea, 26 Oct 2020
Capito said in 2016 that voters should weigh in at the ballot box before a justice was confirmed. In October 2020, eight days before a presidential election, she voted to confirm Barrett.
In March 2016 Capito said voters should weigh in at the ballot box and elect a new president who would select the justice before anyone was confirmed. In October 2020, eight days before a presidential election, she voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett; in 2020 she said President Trump and the Republican Senate, both elected by the people, should act to fill the vacancy.
Said vs. voted · Supreme Court
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Said one thing, voted another
What they said
- Date
- Where
- Press release from her Senate office on the day President Obama named 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