“On not confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.”
What PolitiFact found
In 2018, Graham said Supreme Court vacancies coming close to term's-end should wait for the election. In 2020, he said no waiting is needed.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Lindsey Graham (Republican senator from South Carolina) made this claim around 19 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 September 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Full Flop”.
Lindsey Graham has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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