“A Supreme Court nominee has never been “nominated and installed while a presidential election is already underway.”
What FactCheck.org found
Voting is underway in some states. But five justices since 1900 were nominated and installed in an election year by presidents running for reelection.
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In short
Joe Biden (Democratic presidential nominee) made this claim around 27 September 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Not the Whole Story”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
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