PolitiFact
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“Joe Biden completely botches the Pledge of Allegiance.”
“John F. Kennedy said, "If a Supreme Court Justice died one day before the election, it would be more Constitutional to indefinitely postpone the election than postpone the confirmation a single day.”
“On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year”
PolitiFact says: Johnson said in 2016 that an election-year Supreme Court vacancy should be delayed until after the election to “let the American people have a voice." But in 2020 Johnson says the spot should be filled immediately.
“On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year”
PolitiFact says: Baldwin flip-flops on SCOTUS nominations in a presidential election year
“Photo shows Jacob Blake’s “14-year-old rape victim.”
“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history.”
PolitiFact says: Documented U.S. civil liberties violations include denying the right to vote to millions, terrorizing Black communities resulting in thousands of deaths and forcibly relocating or deporting over 1 million citizens.
“Says “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.”
PolitiFact says: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was formally nominated and confirmed as a Supreme Court justice in about 42 days in 1993. The presidential election took place the year before, in 1992.
“Says she is “more conservative than Attila the Hun.”
PolitiFact says: Loeffler and her Republican challenger in the Nov. 3 election, Rep. Doug Collins, have both campaigned as the more conservative candidate.
“Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.”
“The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.”
“We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”
“Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.”
PolitiFact says: A January 2018 Harvard-Harris poll found that 63% of respondents wanted legal immigration of no more than 499,999 a year. They were not asked whether they favored a reduction or increase.
“On not confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.”
PolitiFact says: 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.
“The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast.”
“There's no court session between now and the end of this election.”
PolitiFact says: According to the Supreme Court website, the justices have scheduled five days of oral arguments in October and two more in November before the polls close.
“4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”
PolitiFact says: Two of the senators cited, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, have stated their position since Ginsburg’s death. They both said they opposed a vote before the election, but they did not rule out a lame duck vote.
“A portion of everything you pay A.A.R.P goes directly to the Democratic Party.”
PolitiFact says: • AARP is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization. It has a policy against endorsing or appearing to endorse political parties, government officials or candidates for office. Claim previously debunked.