CSPAN Sen. Ted Cruz R-TX July 12, 2024
In 2016. I do not disagree with that. This is really about who has the votes and who has the power it any given time, right . It actually is not. If you actually look at what the precedent is, this happened 29 times. There has been a vacancy in a president ial election year. President s made nominations all 29 times. If there is a vacancy, they make a nomination. There is a big difference in the senate with whether the senate is of the same party of the president or a Different Party of the president. When the senate has been at the same party as the president , a vacancy occurs in an election...