McConnell Refuses to Rule Out GOP Blockade of a Biden SCOTUS Nominee

After the February 2016 death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) notoriously declared that the chamber would not consider any of US President Barack Obama's nominees. GOP senators and McConnell, who said the decision belonged to Obama's successor, refused to hold hearings on the matter.