Shortly after Obama nominated Garland in March 2016, McConnell said on the Senate floor,"The American people may well elect a president who decides to nominate Judge Garland for Senate consideration. The next president may also nominate someone very different. Either way, our view is this: Give the people a voice in the filling of this vacancy.”
Asked for a comment Tuesday night, McConnell spokesman David Popp referred NBC News to an interview the majority leader did with Fox News in October 2018 and said “it’s not a reversal” because “2020 be the same as 2016.” “Well, I understand your question of what I told you is what the history of the Senate has been. You have to go back to 1880 to find the last time a vacancy created in a presidential election year on the Supreme Court was confirmed by a Senate of a different party than the president," McConnell said.
Since Trump became president, the Senate has confirmed two justices to the Supreme Court — Gorsuch in 2017 and Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 — both of whom are considered conservative. Republicans were able to confirm the two nominees after they triggered the nuclear option in 2017, lowering the vote threshold so that a Supreme Court pick could be confirmed by the Senate with a simple majority rather than facing the previous 60-vote threshold.
GRIM REAPER DOES NOT LIKE AMERICA ANY MORE
He is corrupt he needs to be investigated for his ties to Russia and how come he is not bringing any bills to the floor !!
He is lower than a snake's belly. I do hope he gets his just rewards.
Are we supposed to be surprised...he loves and abuses power more than the president, he's just slightly more discreet.
Good thing he’s close to the end of his life expectancy.....
No one should be surprised by this, right? Mitch McConnell has always been a hypocrit and needs to die or retire soon
So, did anyone really believe senatemajldr McConnell was an honest broker? Seriously? He is a very dishonorable man! No one should expect anything but double dealing from him.
Well, may God forbid!
Anyone surprised? that's what this snake does, every day. Ignores anything close to ethics, rule of law, or duties to the American people. A disgrace.
How’s that reverse hypocrisy feel for you?
DitchMitch
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Jerk
Benedict Arnold. Mitch McConnell. Two names that will forever be linked in history as American traitors. Treason
This was an overstep of power by Mitch McConnell, and we are the worse for it. Merrick Garland should be sitting on the Supreme Court.
The naive and non-committal boy scout leaves the nation's fate up to a traitorous AG and lying and incompetent president while Dems cluck at demonic Republican leaders. Tune in on the next episode of the 'Failing Light.'
He has to be somewhat candid and honest because at his age and with his degree of rigidity becoming so highly and permanently fixed, he really can't do anything else without destroying his legacy (which is under fire constantly by younger, fresher, more vital idealist thinkers.
Bitch McConnell’s legacy as the worst, most corrupt Majority Leader in the history of the Senate is now complete. Shocker.
. Where's the true Americans that will stand up and protect us from an Administration that is obviously protecting trump's financial portfolio? WE NEED SOME HEROS IN THE SENATE! WE NEED SOME PATRIOTS WHO WILL PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION! Trump has done NOTHING but tax 4 rich.
Hypocrisy anyone?
It has to do with who controls the Senate. Elections have consequences. Suck it Dems.
No one is surprised by this, right? Mitch McConnell is despicable. The surprise would be if he had any integrity whatsoever.
termlimits
Cheating and gerrymandering has moved us into a one party Soviet styled government.
Mitch also told President Obama that he would call the election 'fixed' if Obama told us about Russian interference so he knew what the Russians were doing & judging by his desire to ease sanctions & take Derepaska's $ for KY. Is it that shocking that he's just as guilty as Trump
Obama was on his last term while Preside Trump is serving his first term. See the difference?
He must go! Corrupt as hell!
KY needs a new Senator and term limits need to be regulated...The only politician I like less then tRump is mItch.
McConnell is as much a scumbag as Trump! No morals whatsoever. He is only interested in the power he has & being rich.
McConnell and his ilk ARE THE SWAMP in Washington.
He is a disgusting man. DISGUSTING!
Kentucky will re-elect him. The rest of the country needs to turn the Senate.
Yap, nasty old white men like Mitch believe they own America & can do whatever they want with impunity including raping it, stealing from it & ignoring the laws & the constitution of the land! Who will challenge them?
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And then it’d be time to consider Justice impeachment.
Well, duh. He's a hypocrite. He doesn't really have any shame.
You really expose your agenda of dividing America and being a general sh*t starter when you are writing stories about hypothetical situations while pretending to be a 'news' network FakeNews EnemyOfThePeople
Power + no ethics = dangerous situation
McConnell is the real President of the United States and Trump is just a Puppet! People should fear McConnell more than Trump!
GOP----- you democrats can not use same process as we --we are special--we can investigate whom ever we want-even if we have to lie about what people do---however democrats are not permitted to even follow the law or constitution -----we are supreme
Why does this surprise anyone? Mitch McConnell is the most cravenly evil factionalist of our lifetimes! MAGA!
Really You’re surprised by this This is how the GOP rolls!! No respect for norms or the rule of law!!
Gotta move this dinosaur back to Kentucky with the other deplorables he represents.
Of course he would. He is a Republican so he is a hypocrite. And, yes, I do paint all Repubs with the same brush. There may be one or two that, every now and then, actually speak out against the R leadership but by and large they enable the hypocrisy.
I think McConnel needs to be voted out any representative who work for Trump and not his constituents does not belong in government Kentucky has the lowest income and many other needs and this guy works for himself Out Now!!
Of course he should fill it... that’s his job! Problem is, it was his job 4 years ago too, which is why he’s not fit for office and should have been removed then as he should be now. Remember, his wife was given a cabinet position for this, disgraceful!
trump
How JoeBiden could be present while McConnell blocked Obama's SCOTUS nomination and still say the following, is beyond me.....
That is the kind of morally bankrupt leader he is MitchMcConnell Hypocrite
IF
Sinister. He’s got to go.
I never knew my capacity to feel hatred towards a fellow human being, I do for the Leader, the GOP that backs him, and a president who could care less about the rest of us and what we want.
Incredible Creepazoid
I really don’t like cussing but enough from you! FU Mitch!! We will see!
Speaks volumes of this despicable man🇺🇸
McConnell is the Death of our Nation administered by Arsenic IV drip. He is OUR Rasputin, our Borgia Medici, our Genghis Khan all rolled up in ONE.
I hate McConnell so much I wish I could dance on his grave.
Down with Mitch McConnell!!!
This would be the senator who made a deal with Oleg Deripaska. Follow the money and get him out
Here, here! 😃😄😅😃😄😃😄🤣😃😄😅😂😃😄😅🤣
Justice Scalia died in Feb 2016, less than a yr before the end of his final term. Obama's pick came 6 mths before he left office for good. If vacancies open during the election yr, so what, Trump could potentially be reelected for 4 more yrs.
😆 ya, it diverges all right. Going for the understatement here I see
Does this Surprise anyone
Did anyone think that these morally corrupt and unethical Republicans word means anything. Americans are forgetting when we faced the worst financial crisis set in motion by Republicans his response was I'll do nothing. Well Kentucky that's what your senator is doing now
I do not like to wish ill of others. McConnell is making that a challenge. I hope karma sorts this out soon.
How does it feel? Elections have consequences! Hopefully this will happen. It is ok because Obama put radical left ideologues on the bench. Trump nominates Constitutionalists. Huge difference!
LIAR!!
Vote this bastard out.He's a lying sack of shit & only serves people who make him wealthy.He has seated 100s of racist evangelical judges who r going to b taking away civil,equal,voting,LGBTQ & women's reproductive rights for the next 40 yrs.Flip the Senate.Change the script. Win
To stack the court more than they have is anyone surprised? Mitch McConnell is the poster representative of corrupt government. I hope he has a great challenger to his seat. KY he has robbed you of jobs, healthcare and racial equality. Get mad! Get registered! Get out to vote!
Did you really think it would be any different?...grabpussy
Thems the rules
The Senate elections of 2020 are just as crucial as the Presidency. Mitch needs to go.
McConnell and Graham have to go. They are no longer serving the people. Just their own narcissistic tendencies.
Get rid of this old goat Kentucky... Same old white gop agenda. Mitch is so afraid no one will hire him anymore...and they shouldn't. He will do or say ANYTHING to remain relevant. TIME FOR AN UPGRADE KT!
Great news!!
What difference does it make. Trump will win
No surprises here coming from the mouth of that Turd 💩
Listen carefully, you can hear libs heads exploding! 😂😂😂😂
McConnell is the archetype of a hypocrite. In my view, the fact that corrupt (probably traitorous) jerks like that can be voted in as US senators is a sure sign, that something is very wrong with the present political system in the US
Next year, or the year after that and so forth. Republicans, will have five years to replace Justice Ginsburg. And of course it will be a Conservative!
A) The difference was that it was the last year of a President's last eligible term. This is not. B) It was a Biden rule in the first place C) Obama nominated Garland AFTER the Senate had already said they wouldn't vote on one.
McConnell = hypocrite po💩
Consistent. And one of the reasons Congress has such a high approval rating.
Americans are suckers and Dems are wimps. Should have shut the country down over Garland. Congress should have begun impeachment hearings in January. Believe Mitch. If you're waiting for Mueller and the 2020 elections you're in for another rude awakening.
pgmckim deport anyone who was expecting a different answer
Anyone still think the two party system isn't archaic and broke ? Dems and repubs are incapable of compromise anymore. They've turn into nothing but tribes that their loyal partisans blindly follow no matter what. Consitutionally this is the right decision but cynical.
Burn in hell old man
I think the only human worse than Trump is McConnell.
That makes him a liar. Call him out press do your job.
McConnell is just another Republican joke.
WELL MCCONNELL MIGHT WANT TO THINK LONG AND HARD BEFORE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT!! PEOPLE WILL HAVE PLENTY TO TAKE TO THE STREETS ABOUT SO HE WOULD JUST BE ONE MORE!!!
Contemptible.😠😠😠
senatemajldr You are DEFINITELY unfit to serve America!!! When Trump leaves in 2020, So should You!! ByeFelicia
Liberals and anti-Trump Republicans and independents MUST take to the streets!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re not gonna take it, never did and never will!!!
You think of the most awful thinks to do, you would say that’s the devil. I think McConnell is that persons grandpa, just the same, but not a brass about it. Likes the shadows.
In other words, he Knows he will not find another job after this!! senatemajldr Resign
those why all elections are important. ..we don't want Mrs. Doubtfire as Senate Majority Leader, then we (whatever state.. Ky, I believe) need to vote him out and rest of the Trumpers in the Senate. VOTE!!
What a disgusting, lying, unpatriotic piece of crap he is. I pray he loses his re-election. When the seat opened for BO to nominate, OrrinHatch said MG would be a great pick, but Obama would never chose him. Well, he did, & MG didn't even receive courtesy of a meeting~Hypocrites
The corruption is so deep in this administration it reminds me of a mould. You smell it before you see it and then it's too late.
Democrats are bad for America! NoMoreDemocrats
I hear this guy named Garland is interested....
The rules seem to change to fit the majority leader’s plans. Not to be trusted.
So many people believe Trump is the 'problem' ….truth is it's McConnell who is ruining this country...hopefully this jerk will be voted out right along with Trump.
Garland was NEVER going to be confirmed so there was no reason to waste time and $$ having hearings on him. Suck it up Dems
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