McConnell Praises Merrick Garland

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted to confirm Merrick Garland as President Joe Biden’s attorney general, five years after he blocked the longtime judge’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Louisville Courier Journal reports.

Said McConnell: “I’m voting to confirm Judge Garland because of his long reputation as a straight-shooter and legal expert. His left-of-center perspective has been within the legal mainstream.”