Mitch McConnell Refuses To Say He Wouldn't Confirm A Supreme Court Nominee In 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been peddling a new story about his decision to block President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.
McConnell had declined to hold any hearings on Garland after he was nominated in March 2016 following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The Senate leader claimed the vacancy shouldn’t be filled in the months leading up to a presidential election.
But on Sunday, McConnell offered a revised version of his initial reasoning and refused to say he wouldn’t confirm a potential Supreme Court nominee from President Donald Trump in 2020.
While discussing Brett Kavanaugh’s Saturday confirmation to the Supreme Court, Fox News’ Chris Wallace asked McConnell to respond to a clip of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) slamming the Kentucky lawmaker’s handling of the Garland nomination.
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“We didn’t attack Merrick Garland’s background and try to destroy him,” McConnell said on “Fox News Sunday.” “We simply followed the tradition in America, which is that if you have ... a Senate of a different party than the president you don’t fill a vacancy created in a presidential year. That went all the way back to 1888.”
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“If Donald Trump were to name somebody in the final year of his first term in 2020, are you saying that you would go ahead with that nomination?” he asked McConnell.
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“We’ll see what it looks like in 2020,” McConnell said.
McConnell’s latest ― and convenient ― reason for blocking Garland leaves wiggle room for Trump to potentially nominate another Supreme Court justice in 2020 if an opening occurs then, despite the senator’s rejection of Garland during the 2016 presidential election year.
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...would believe the turtle on anything...more lying trumpian bullshit
" “We didn’t attack Merrick Garland’s background and try to destroy him,” McConnell said..."
...no one was attacking Kavy-baby...we were looking for the truth...Republicans wouldn't know truth if it bit them in the ass...but the truth about Kavy will surface eventually and when it does
...if you ask me, Republicans and their accused sexual predator Supreme Court nominee, (nominated by their '...grab 'em by the pussy.' President), were the ones doing the attacking of Dr. Ford...
...Republicans...
