“Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Sep 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The post paraphrases remarks that Romney gave to reporters about Republicans’ decision to block the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.vn/Eelof
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