Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell drew accusations of hypocrisy from Democrats after saying the Senate would confirm a Supreme Court nominee from President Donald Trump next year, despite refusing to hold election-year hearings on President Barack Obama’s court pick in 2016.
Speaking in his home state of Kentucky on Tuesday, McConnell was asked what he would do about a high court vacancy if a seat were to open up next year.
“Oh, we’d fill it,” McConnell said with a smile, according to a video of the event in Paducah.
Democrats criticized the remark because McConnell refused to allow a ...
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