Thread by @peterwsinger

“I don’t think we should be moving on a nominee in the last year of this president’s term - I would say that if it was a Republican president.”
2016, @marcorubio

“It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don’t do this in an election year.”
@tedcruz 2016

“If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump’s term, and the primary process has started, we’ll wait to the next election.”
@LindseyGrahamSC 2018

"As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I will do everything in my power to encourage the president and Senate leadership not to start this process until we hear from the American people.”
@sendavidperdue 2016

“A lifetime appointment that could dramatically impact individual freedoms and change the direction of the court for at least a generation is too important to get bogged down in politics. The American people shouldn’t be denied a voice.”
@ChuckGrassley 2016

"It is essential to the institution of the Senate and to the very health of our republic to not launch our nation into a partisan, divisive confirmation battle during the very same time the American people are casting their ballots to elect our next president.”
@ThomTillis 2016

“In this election year, the American people will have an opportunity to have their say in the future direction of our country. For this reason, I believe the vacancy left open by Justice Antonin Scalia should not be filled until there is a new president.”
@SenatorBurr 2016

“The Senate should not confirm a new Supreme Court justice until we have a new president.”
@RoyBlunt 2016

“I think we’re too close to the election. The president who is elected in November should be the one who makes this decision.”
@CoryGardner 2016

“I believe the best thing for the country is to trust the American people to weigh in on who should make a lifetime appointment that could reshape the Supreme Court for generations."
@robportman 2016

“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.”
@senatemajldr McConnell, March 2016