This is absolutely untrue fwiw. I edited a piece on this very topic today. When one peaks beneath the hood of the history, it becomes clear that there is minimal precedent for this. That being said, Republicans trashing the Thurmond rule is fine by me. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/26/what-history-really-tells-us-about-putting-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court/ …https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1307359668973510656 …