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Kamala Harris, Democratic vice presidential nominee

“When Abraham Lincoln was faced with a Supreme Court vacancy 27 days before Election Day and his party controlled the Senate, he said the people should vote first.”

PolitiFact rated this: Lincoln's motivations unclear

PolitiFact says: Historians who have studied the relationship between Lincoln and his nominee, Salmon P. Chase, said that Lincoln’s decision may have stemmed from political or logistical reasons rather than high-minded ones.

Kamala Harris, Democratic vice presidential nominee

“When Abraham Lincoln was faced with a Supreme Court vacancy 27 days before Election Day and his party controlled the Senate, he said the people should vote first.”

PolitiFact rated this: Needs context

PolitiFact says: She’s right about the proximity of the chief justice's death to Election Day, but historians can't say for sure whether Lincoln's motivations for a delay were exactly as Harris suggested.