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Is Amy Barrett the first Supreme Court nominee during a presidential election?

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The claim: Trump is not the first president to nominate a Supreme Court justice amid an election
When President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court, Democrats – including former Vice President Joe Biden – accused him of defying precedent and becoming the first president to nominate a justice while “a presidential election is already underway.”

This was refuted in a tweet by conservative author Douglas Karr, in which he listed 10 times. presidents nominated someone to the country’s highest court during an election year.

Karr’s tweet was turned into an image that was shared across multiple social media platforms. Attempts to reach him through his website and Twitter were unsuccessful.

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