Did Jim Inhofe vote the way they spoke on the Supreme Court in April 2016?
Jim Inhofe, U.S. Senator (R-OK) ·
Well before the President nominated Judge Garland, the majority of the Members of the Senate determined that a presidential election year is not the right time to start a nomination process for the Supreme Court. We should continue the long-standing election-year precedent and let Americans have a voice on the future direction of the Court.
Voted Yea, 26 Oct 2020
Inhofe said in 2016 that a presidential election year is not the right time to start a Supreme Court nomination. In the 2020 election year he voted to confirm Barrett.
In 2016 Inhofe, jointly with Lankford, said a presidential election year is not the right time to start a Supreme Court nomination process. In 2020 he voted to confirm Barrett in a presidential election year.
Said vs. voted · Supreme Court
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Said one thing, voted another
What they said
- Date
- Where
- Joint statement with Sen. James Lankford after meeting Judge Merrick Garland, posted on lankford.senate.gov.
How they voted
- Date
- Measure
- Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- Question
- On the Nomination (Amy Coney Barrett)
- Vote
- Yea