McConnell Kicks Off Re-Election Bid

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “kicked off his 2020 reelection bid with a video highlighting his successful effort to block President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland — a move that helped reshape the court and over which Democrats are still fuming,” the Washington Post reports.

The video also includes footage of President Trump hailing McConnell as a “rock-ribbed Kentucky leader” and “one of the most powerful men in the world.”

“McConnell is running for a seventh term. He has previously described his 2016 move to block Garland — and the subsequent confirmation of Neil Gorsuch after President Trump took office — as one of his proudest moments.”