McConnell Fact-Checked on Merrick Garland

Must-watch: John Dickerson fact-checks Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Face the Nation on his claim of a historical precedent for blocking Merrick Garland’s appointment to the Supreme Court during the 2016 presidential election.

McConnell got very angry when Dickerson pointed out that President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, named William Brennan to the court in 1956 by recess appointment just before that year’s presidential election. Brennan began serving immediately, and was formally nominated and confirmed the next year.