Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will not consider President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, CNBC reports.
McConnell said that Obama did it “not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for the purpose of the election.”
He added the Senate will “revisit” the matter when the next president nominates someone, noting that the people should have a say in who fills the currently vacant seat.
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