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Richard Blumenthal stated on February 15, 2016 in :

"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 18, 2016

Jeb Bush stated on February 05, 2016 in :

"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."

By Louis Jacobson• February 18, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on February 15, 2016 in :

Says Marco Rubio "went on Univision, and in Spanish he promised that he would not on the first day in office rescind President Obama's illegal executive action."

By Amy Sherman• February 17, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on February 14, 2016 in :

"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."

By Jon Greenberg• February 14, 2016

Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in :

"There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.

By Linda Qiu• February 14, 2016

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