Mutta tämä 2020 selitys sopii paremmin yhteen historian kanssa ja kuvaa todellisuutta paremmin. Lisäksi ristiriidoista puheen ollen nostan esiin bidenin 1991:
As a senator more than two decades ago, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. argued that President George Bush should delay filling a Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, until the presidential election was over, and that it was “essential” that the Senate refuse to confirm a nominee to the court until then.
More than two decades ago, Mr. Biden, who was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, suggested a different standard for filling vacancies in election years.
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Se siitä ristiriidattomuudesta ja 2016 Rebublikaanit noudattivat bidenin logiikkaa, ja antoivat maksoivat vuoden 1991 bidelille takaisin korkoineen.