You've got a very short memory. They exercised the "Biden Rule."
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American Thinker
September 20, 2020
Biden is the real hypocrite on Supreme Court justice nominations
By Xavier Schafer
Here is a quick History lesson:
On June 25, 1992, Biden argued on the Senate floor that if there was a Supreme Court vacancy, “President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors AND NOT, AND NOT name a nominee until after the November election is completed.”
Biden went even further by stating, the Senate Judiciary Committee should “seriously consider NOT scheduling confirmations hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over.”
Of course, Biden changed his position in 2016 for Merrick Garland, hence the hypocrisy.
Biden stated at the time, “I made it absolutely clear that I would go forward with a confirmation process as [Senate Judiciary] chairman, even a few months before a presidential election if the nominee were chosen with the advice, and not merely the consent, of the Senate, just as the Constitution requires.”
Now (September 18, 2020), Biden says, "Let me be clear: that the voters should pick the President and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider."
In doing so, Biden reverses his 2016 stance and resumes his 1992 position.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/09/biden_is_the_real_hypocrite_on_supreme_court_justice_nominations.html*******************************************************************
Now Biden wants his rule back......unless it's not good for Democrats.....then he doesn't want it back, but now he does...because he thinks he's going to win, so really, he just wants to pick the replacement himself and he'll want whatever rule change will put him in charge.
What's going to be interesting is if the Democrats lose everything and the GOP is in charge of the House, Senate and Presidency. I wonder what kind of rule changes the Democrats will want then?