14 Feb 2020 3:13 pm
Where in the Constitution does it say that in an election year a president can only nominate someone to the Supreme court if his party controls the Senate?McConnell reiterates that Senate would confirm a Supreme Court nominee if there's a vacancy this year.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday again reiterated his position that the GOP-led Senate would confirm a nominee to any Supreme Court vacancy that occurred this election year, despite leaving a seat vacant in 2016 and preventing President Barack Obama's nominee from consideration.
"If you're asking me a hypothetical ... we would fill it," the Kentucky Republican told Fox News Thursday.
Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, McConnell had blocked the Senate from holding a hearing on Obama's nominee, DC circuit judge Merrick Garland.
McConnell had argued at the time that "this nomination ought to be made by the President we're in the process of electing this year."
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On Fox News Friday, McConnell argued that the situation is different now than in 2016, because the Senate and the White House were controlled by different parties.
This time, both are controlled by Republicans.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/14/poli ... ssion=true
What a bunch of ****.