Roy Blunt: “I want to talk a little bit about what my good friend from Delaware talked about with regard to our being judged by…”

“I want to talk a little bit about what my good friend from Delaware talked about with regard to our being judged by history. Some of what I want to talk about today is of the history of this system and of others who have served. I have read several times in the last 30 days, particularly, that the Democrats feel they can do anything because of the way Merrick Garland was treated. I don't think there is any comparison between the way Merrick Garland was treated and the way Judge Kavanaugh has been treated. The only comparison I can think of is that they are both on the DC Court of Appeals and that they have both said very kind things about each other, but there is no comparison. Merrick Garland was nominated in the last year of a Presidency. The last time someone was put on the Supreme Court who was nominated in the last year of a Presidency was in 1932. The last time that happened was in 1932. The last time someone went on the Supreme Court when the President was of one party and the Senate was of the other and when it was a Presidential election year was in 1888. There is no comparison. In fact, Vice President Biden--then-Senator Biden--said on June 25 of 1992, in what turned out to be the last year of the Bush Presidency: If there is a vacancy, there will be no hearing until after the election. There was not a vacancy, by the way.…”