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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats slam McConnell's stance on election-year Supreme Court opening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for promising to fill a Supreme Court vacancy if one occurs during the 2020 presidential election year, after he refused to do so in 2016 because of that year's upcoming election.
"We'd fill it," McConnell declared when asked during a speech on Tuesday what he would do if Republican President Donald Trump had the opportunity next year to pick a third Supreme Court justice.
McConnell made his remarks in his home state of Kentucky to the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce.
In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a member of the House of Representatives' Democratic leadership, said of McConnell, "He's a shameless individual" and accused him of "stealing a Supreme Court seat" in 2016.
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no_hypocrisy
(45,786 posts)to expel Mitch.
FBaggins
(26,697 posts)Otherwise Senate turnover would be much higher.
dhill926
(16,234 posts)from the asshole. He revels in his power...
yonder
(9,631 posts)Dirty Socialist
(3,248 posts)May weather can get pretty hot, you know