Did Thom Tillis vote the way they spoke on the Supreme Court in March 2016?
Thom Tillis, U.S. Senator (R-NC) ·
First, the seat became vacant in the middle of an election year, literally as Americans are casting their ballots to help choose the next President of the United States. … The Senate can confirm a nominee, we can reject a nominee, or we can simply choose to withhold consideration of the nomination altogether so the American people can weigh in on this important decision. This is about principle, not the person the President has nominated.
Voted Yea, 26 Oct 2020
Tillis said in 2016 that holding off on an election-year nominee so voters could weigh in was a matter of principle. In 2020, during the election, he voted to confirm Barrett.
In 2016 Tillis said withholding consideration of a nominee in an election year, so voters could weigh in, was a matter of principle. He voted to confirm Barrett during the 2020 election; in 2020 he said the 2016 vacancy arose under divided government and a lame-duck president.
Said vs. voted · Supreme Court
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Said one thing, voted another
What they said
- Date
- Where
- Weekly Republican Address; transcript posted on tillis.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