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Republicans will try to change U.S. Senate rules to push Trump nominations
McConnell enraged Democrats in 2016 when he refused to hold confirmation hearings or a vote on Obama’s choice of Merrick Garland to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
At the time, McConnell said that choice should be made by the winner of the November 2016 presidential election, which turned out to be Trump.
