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On the recordSeptember 20, 2020
If there's a Republican president in 2016, and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say, Lindsey Graham said let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Graham reflects on his previous stance regarding Supreme Court nominations in an election year.

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