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Mitch McConnell Defends Blocking Merrick Garland
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Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended his decision to block former President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland after pushing President Donald Trump's nominee Brett Kavanaugh through his confirmation process .
“You have to go back to 1880 to find last time a Senate controlled by a different party from the president confirmed a Supreme Court justice to a vacancy created in the middle of a presidential election,” McConnell said on CBS's Face the Nation Sunday morning, turning to historical precedent.
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