During the latest Republican debate there was an interesting moment between the moderator John Dickerson and Sen. Ted Cruz about Supreme Court nominations, Dickerson has been forced to apologize for the moment. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks breaks down the GOP’s reaction to Scalia’s death and Dickerson’s apology to Cruz. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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“It isn’t a particularly nice thing to say, but if you are considering voting for any of the Republican candidates in this election season, you probably have a very serious aversion to things like facts and reality.

Witness this extraordinary exchange during the Republican debate on Saturday night where Sen. Ted Cruz told CBS debate moderator John Dickerson that the U.S. has “80 years of precedent of not confirming Supreme Court justices in an election year.”

Dickerson, hoping to inject some intellectual consistency to what was an already tumultuous debate, interrupted Cruz to remind him that Justice Kennedy was confirmed in 1988. Never one to let facts get in the way, Cruz fired back that it was 1987 — which of course it wasn’t (a Democratic controlled Senate confirmed President Reagan’s nomination of Justice Anthony Kennedy by 97 to 0 votes in February of 1988, while the Presidential election was well underway).

“That’s the question, is it appointing or confirming?” Dickerson fired back.”*