FLASHBACK: In 2016, Mitch McConnell called it "tradition" to "not throw one of these [Supreme Court] nominees into the middle of a presidential election cauldron."
We are 46 days out from the election. What will McConnell do?
Asked last year what Senate Republicans would do in the event of an election year death of a Supreme Court justice, McConnell had a different answer:
"We'd fill it"
Food for thought:
Julián Castro pulling a Sen. Cornyn quote from 2016:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell releases a statement: "President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate."
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