Just dug up this clip of Obama in 2016:

"When there is a vacancy on the SCOTUS, the President is to nominate someone, the Senate is to consider that nomination... There& #39;s no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off-years. That& #39;s not in the Constitution text."
Obama on the 2016 empty SCOTUS seat:

"Let the American people watch him. Let him answer questions in front of the voters — Republican, Democrat, and independent — and then call a vote."
Obama in 2016:

"The Constitution says that I nominate candidates for SCOTUS when there& #39;s a vacancy... [The Senate& #39;s] job is to give this person a hearing, to show the courtesy of meeting with them. They are then free to vote whatever their conscience dictates."
Obama in 2016:

"I& #39;m going to do my job. I& #39;m going to nominate somebody... It& #39;s not as if the Senate calendar is so full that we do not have time to get this done."
Obama in 2016:

"It is tempting to make this confirmation process simply an extension of our divided politics, but to go down that path would be wrong. It would be a betrayal of our best traditions. And a betrayal of the vision of our founding documents."
Obama in 2016:

"Our Supreme Court really is unique. It& #39;s supposed to be above politics. It has to be. And it should stay that way."
Obama in 2016:

"I have fulfilled my Constitutional duty. Now it& #39;s time for the Senate to do theirs. Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should a Senator."
Biden in 2016:

"I would go forward with the confirmation process as chairman. Even a few months before a presidential election... just as the Constitution requires."
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