THAT WAS THEN AND THIS IS NOW

Biden is accused of hypocrisy after saying in 2016 it is the 'constitutional duty' of a president to name a SCOTUS nominee even if it is an election year - as Trump calls on the former VP to reveal his list of candidates

 

Daily Mail

September 20, 2020

 

Biden is accused of hypocrisy after saying in 2016 it is the 'constitutional duty' of a president to name a SCOTUS nominee even if it is an election year - as Trump calls on the former VP to reveal his list of candidates.

Joe Biden claimed in 2016 that it was the 'constitutional duty' of a president to name a Supreme Court nominee even in an election year despite his claim Friday that it should wait. 

At the time, Republican senators were delaying the confirmation of Obama's pick Merrick Garland. 

His words resurfaced this week after he blasted President Donald Trump for moving to nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday. 

Trump has accused Biden of refusing to release his own list of potential nominees.

On Friday, shortly after Ginsburg's death as the political battle about her replacement began, Biden tweeted his opposition to Trump attempting to push through a nominee in the next 40-plus days. 

'Let me be clear: The voters should pick a President, and that President should select a successor to Justice Ginsburg,' he wrote.