“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.”
What PolitiFact found
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.
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In short
Kamala Harris (Democratic vice presidential nominee) made this claim around 7 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 October 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Lincoln's motivations unclear”.
Kamala Harris has 63 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 40 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
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