There's one overwhelming takeaway from the mind-numbing spectacle that was Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearings: Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had a point when it came to Merrick Garland.
It annoys liberals to no end that McConnell never allowed so much as a hearing for Garland when then President Barack Obama nominated him in early 2016 to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The seat was left vacant for a year until President Trump could fill it with Justice Neil Gorsuch. Now Trump, a popular vote loser embroiled in the Russia investigation and other scandals, is getting to replace former Justice Anthony Kennedy with Kavanaugh.
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