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Civil War is over, Sport.There is one thing about politics at play here. Both Republicans and Democrats face this challenge. President Lincoln wanted to keep his coalition together so he would be re-elected.President Lincoln sent the nomination to the Senate at the earliest possible time. That was in December because the Senate was out of session until December.Harris depends on the historical illiterates that make up her base to not check her story out.
Kamala Harris...... making up shit as she goes along.
I heard what she said. And she was technically correct. Lincoln did say let the People decide. His wish was to wait until AFTER the election. It doesn't matter if Congress was at recess or not. He said it and it went that way just like it's done ever since until now.
Can you prove me wrong? Or do you just make up history to suit your own narrative. Now it's up to you to prove to me that they were out of session until December. Tag, her it.U.S. Senate: Dates of Sessions of the Congress
www.senate.gov
Scroll down to 38th Congress. Here is proof that the Senate had adjourned one session on July 4, 1864. The next session did not start until December 5, 1864.
That's one way to make sure a President can't get his pick before an election. But that doesn't stop him from nominating. And Lincoln didn't nominate until AFTER the election regardless. You will counter with, it wouldn't have done him any good. And I will counter with, Lincoln can nominate any time he wishes. Had the Senate wanted it done they would have reconvened early enough to get the job done. Obviously, they agreed with him. The fact remains that the Senate does NOT have to be in session for the President to make the nomination. And there has been many times in history when the nomination didn't happen for as much as a year or more because there were other things to worry about. Or qualified or acceptable candidates weren't found.
Well, Duh, There was a Civil War in progress. But the Senate didn't believe it was important enough to get a replacement enough to come back in session AND Lincoln didn't thing it was that important to force the action. And, yes, a President can force the issue if he feels the need and wants to alienate his supporters.
This is 2020, and Trump is getting another Justice on the SC. Deal with it.