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'We'd Fill It': McConnell Says He'd Go After US Supreme Court Vacancy In 2020 Election Year

The Senate majority leader blocked Merrick Garland's nomination during the Obama administration in 2016, purportedly because it was an election year.

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'We'd Fill It': McConnell Says He'd Go After US Supreme Court Vacancy In 2020 Election Year

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'We'd Fill It': McConnell Says He'd Go After US Supreme Court Vacancy In 2020 Election Year

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