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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4618304" data-attributes="member: 1940">“In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise,” McConnell continued. “Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.”McConnell added that “by contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary.”“Once again, we will keep our promise,” he said. “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcconnell-supreme-court-nominee-vote-floor" target="_blank">McConnell: Trump&#039;s Supreme Court nominee &#039;will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate&#039;</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4618304, member: 1940"] “In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise,” McConnell continued. “Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.” McConnell added that “by contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary.” “Once again, we will keep our promise,” he said. “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.” [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcconnell-supreme-court-nominee-vote-floor'][SIZE=4][B]McConnell: Trump's Supreme Court nominee 'will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate'[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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