What is the “McConnell Rule”?

This appeared in The Millennial Source

In 2016, McConnell blocked a vote on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. At the time, McConnell claimed he was doing so to give voters a chance to decide in that year’s upcoming presidential election. This year, he’s not waiting.

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18 set off an immediate political firestorm. While memorials and words of praise poured in for the liberal hero and highly regarded legal mind, her vacancy on the nation’s highest court garnered just as much attention.

Mere hours after Ginsburg’s death, due to complications from pancreatic cancer, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made it known he had every intention of holding a confirmation vote for the nominee put forward by President Donald Trump. This was in line with a promise he made on Fox News back in February.

With the presidential election in less than two months, Democrats have called McConnell a hypocrite. In 2016, McConnell blocked a vote on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. At the time, McConnell claimed he was doing so to give voters a chance to decide in that year’s upcoming presidential election. This year, he’s not waiting.