McConnell vowed that he would not view a high court pick made by President Joe Biden any differently than how he viewed now-Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2016. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP PhotoSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear Monday that he would block a Supreme Court nominee in 2024 if Republicans take back the chamber — a comment certain to increase liberal pressure on Justice Stephen Breyer to step down before next fall.
“I don’t think either party, if it controlled, if it were different from the president, would confirm a Supreme Court nominee in the middle of an election,” McConnell told Hewitt. “What was different in 2020 was we were of the same party as the president.” Democrats are still seething over McConnell’s decision to block Garland’s nomination in 2016 and accused him of hypocrisy when Senate Republicans moved forward with now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation in 2020. But as McConnell argued to Hewitt, Republicans asserted the situation during Barrett's nomination was different because the White House and the Senate were controlled by the same party.
Shocked!
Seems like Stephen Breyer should retire then, before they happen
Whoever believes this also believes in the wizard of Oz…
I feel like some of these politicians just like to show off their power. It’s like “little man with big gun/truck” syndrome. See how much power I have!
I hear his kind live to be 100. Damnit.
The lack of any conscience at all, his blatant, in your face hypocrisy, continues to be breathtaking, This is politics like we've never seen before.
Better do it NOW, Dems. Chop, chop! What are you doing?!?!?!
of course, it is clear now that he uses obstruction as a political tool
IF
How is it I've never read about anyone punching this man? Seriously, I can't imagine if I met him face to face that I'd be able to stop from doing it as a reflex action.
Is this news?
This man is the devil
Wake up DEMS! WAKE Up and get tough now! Stop being soft!
This system is terribly broken. 1 d-bag senator from a state with one of the worst education systems in the country has been calling the shots for 300 million Americans for far too long!
No surprise there. Just what the Founding Fathers intended I guess
republicans are delegitimizing and destroying the american system from within
republicanscheat
CarrieSweet2017 Gotta get out that vote
How about a comment from Manchin on this McConnell is a danger to our way of government and needs to go.
Which is why we need two justices to resign now.
Please note that the quality, character, and experience of the nominee are not a consideration. The only consideration is political advantage. Mitch McConnell is a threat to freedom and representative democracy.
And for what reasons exactly?
Bipartisanship in America: Republicans do whatever they want and Democrats let them.
You folks in KY need to vote this putz out one of these years.
lIKE HE'LL STILL BE ALIVE 🤣🤣
Paging the spineless POS in JoeManchinWV
No to be rude, but hopefully this crypt keepeing SOB is 6 feet under by then
Joe Manchin to the rescue?
Tell me you don’t care about governing without saying you don’t care about governing.
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