Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for “disgraceful” acts in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. https://t.co/CB937jNBoH

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) March 6, 2024

"It isn't conservative. It's radical."

CNN senior political analyst @JohnAvlon examines how the Supreme Court's conservative justices could inflame culture wars and political divisions with the impending Roe v. Wade decision. Watch #RealityCheck below: pic.twitter.com/NTJiYKSdh3

— CNN (@CNN) May 3, 2022

.@jonathanvswan asks Mitch McConnell where he draws his moral redlines pic.twitter.com/is7WZqSuhx

— Axios (@axios) April 7, 2022

Anyway, please enjoy this video from 2005 of Mitch McConnell extolling how the Senate is totally within its rights to invoke cloture with just a majority of votes and how the filibuster was used to block civil rights bills pic.twitter.com/I0sEivEI0v

— @hayesbrown.bsky.social (@HayesBrown) February 5, 2021

"If you demonize a bill, then you can't credibly turn around and take credit for it, at least not without getting called out," @JohnAvlon says as GOP Rep. Gosar takes a "victory lap" for the Covid-19 relief bill he voted against. #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/A70ohrUZl2

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) December 15, 2021

Reckless and irresponsible. pic.twitter.com/YRvHCfQJGf

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) October 4, 2021

CHRIS WALLACE: In 2016, McConnell refused to even give Garland a hearing. In 2020, he pushed through Amy Coney Barrett in one month. Doesn't that undercut the authority of the court?

JUSTICE BREYER: That's the political environment. If enough people want it to change, it will pic.twitter.com/crBAVPChKM

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 12, 2021

Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she'll vote to put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. The Republican had backed waiting until after the election to fill the seat.https://t.co/Pu98abVgoV

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 24, 2020

Judge Amy Coney Barrett is currently sitting in a "stolen" circuit court seat, @JohnAvlon says, because Obama nominee Judge Myra Selby was denied a vote by the GOP. It's part of a long pattern of obstruction that preceded "this unprecedented power grab." #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/cDMCSiWiH0

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) October 13, 2020

The number of attempts by the GOP in recent years to pack or shrink the size of state supreme courts is incredible.https://t.co/vHw3sdiktO

— Jeffrey Sachs (@JeffreyASachs) October 8, 2020

“We should not confirm a justice nominated during an election year,” Cruz said in February 2016, adding: “That ought to be something folks in the press would stand for – is letting the people decide.” https://t.co/IinrVB4Pow

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 12, 2020

.@usatoday editorial: It is particularly egregious that the Senate would try to rush through a Supreme Court nomination even as it has been unable to pass another relief bill for the millions suffering because of the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/oxsop1YLY2 @usatodayopinion

— Jill Lawrence (@JillDLawrence) September 27, 2020

🚨 WATCH THIS VIDEO:

Judge Amy Coney Barrett asserts that it’s wrong to fill a SCOTUS vacancy during a presidential election year and when it will “dramatically flip the balance of power.”https://t.co/CP2UCGex95

— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) September 26, 2020

📺 NEW VIDEO

Lindsey Graham is not going to want you to retweet this #LyingLindsey pic.twitter.com/FgOdv0KZL6

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 25, 2020

Senators shamelessly flip flop on voting for a Supreme Court nominee in an election year @mkraju reports pic.twitter.com/xidNo7oUOA

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) September 21, 2020

Across the Sunday shows, GOP senators were repeatedly confronted with their past comments on Supreme Court nomination: pic.twitter.com/pVi65Wc3of

— Zach Purser Brown (@zachjourno) September 20, 2020

GOP senator on hypocrisy charges: Majority in power does what it wants https://t.co/vBSEAJB2WR pic.twitter.com/T6iFLTMZ3b

— The Hill (@thehill) September 27, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was honored outside the Supreme Court, when news of her death spread Friday. https://t.co/kKxGeAyV2e pic.twitter.com/ynaq3eNuDS

— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) September 19, 2020

.@andersoncooper: How does Mitch McConnell square his 2016 stance on not filling a SCOTUS spot during an election year with the reversal he made yesterday?

Well, it's easy, he can't. I mean, it is the literal definition of hypocrisy. #TheRidiculist pic.twitter.com/oEDNDEBdJq

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) May 30, 2019

MANDATORY READING. 2016
Sen. McConnell: Let the people have a voice https://t.co/McJ2M2cRUL

— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) September 21, 2020

The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. #Scalia https://t.co/QXHfOpEY6G

— Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) February 14, 2016

Hold the #Republicans accountable to their own words: 2016, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas): “It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don’t do this in an election year.”

— Carolyn Heinrich (@CJ_Heinrich) September 19, 2020

"Republicans have lost the popular vote in all but 1 of the last 7 presidential elections. But they have appointed 4 of the last 6 picks to the Supreme Court, based on the support of GOP senators who represent less than half the American people."https://t.co/ZA5Xk3e92m

— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) September 19, 2020

Former Pres. Obama on filling Justice Ginsburg's seat vs. how Republicans treated his nominee in 2016. https://t.co/Lbw65YQNSU

— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 19, 2020

📺 NEW VIDEO

America demands decency. Not hypocrisy. #DemandDecency pic.twitter.com/voxoR8Nvb9

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 19, 2020

Senator Mitch McConnell said late Friday that his decision to block President Barack Obama from filling a Supreme Court vacancy after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia about nine months before the 2016 election had not set a precedent. https://t.co/SmUPVCSCJC pic.twitter.com/Ithx4Q37ao

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 19, 2020

We cannot have Election Day come and go with a 4-4 Court. We risk a constitutional crisis if we do not have a 9-Justice Supreme Court, particularly when there is such a risk of a contested election.

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 19, 2020

Lindsey said he wants us to use his words against him. Ok, done. pic.twitter.com/HrYrpVZyuw

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 20, 2020

My statement on the Supreme Court vacancy: pic.twitter.com/jvYyDN5gG4

— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) September 19, 2020

My statement after hearing of the passing of Justice of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: pic.twitter.com/1zhWSH5hhg

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) September 19, 2020

It is with a solemn heart that I pray for the family of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Thank you for your service to our country and our nation’s highest court. Our nation mourns the loss of a trailblazing leader.

— Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) September 19, 2020

JUST IN: Gardner on Supreme Court vacancy: Country needs to mourn Ginsburg "before the politics begin" https://t.co/DcbhgQ6JJA pic.twitter.com/NYabxQ1y9k

— The Hill (@thehill) September 19, 2020

My statement on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: pic.twitter.com/fFtoOypOrj

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) September 19, 2020

The two biggest changes regarding the Senate and judicial confirmations that have occurred in the last decade have come from Democrats.

#1

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 19, 2020

NEW: Lamar Alexander, who is retiring this year, sides with McConnell on filling the SCOTUS vacancy left by RBG.

"Senator McConnell is only doing what Democrat leaders have said they would do if the shoe were on the other foot.” pic.twitter.com/mrQR8EOq1d

— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) September 20, 2020

Justice Ginsburg brought decency, intelligence and principle to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Her life inspired many Americans, especially young women.
Her service to our country deserves great respect.

— Lamar Alexander (@SenAlexander) September 19, 2020

Justice Ginsburg fought tirelessly for gr8er justice, equality &opportunity for all ppl. She was a trailblazer in so many ways &for so many ppl Her sharp legal mind, tenacity &resilience leaves a remarkable imprint on our nation Barbara + I join our nation in mourning her passing

— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) September 19, 2020

Here's what GOP senators said in 2016 about replacing a Supreme Court justice before an election. https://t.co/89sIVNLfes pic.twitter.com/qRH1FB2Wlz

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) September 19, 2020

Many Senate Judiciary Republicans on this list:

Cornyn, Ernst, Graham, Tillis, Grassley, Cruz:

Long list of GOP senators who promised *not to confirm a Supreme Court nominee during an election year* https://t.co/RSZK574gd2 via @MotherJones

— Heidi Przybyla 🌺 (@HeidiReports) September 19, 2020

Rep. Doug Collins was accused of "celebrating" Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death in his post. https://t.co/Ce493bCCOK

— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) September 19, 2020

Trump has already delegitimized our institutions and worsened polarization. He would compound the damage if Senate confirms a justice just before or after an election he may lose.

The resulting crisis would shake our institutions to their foundations. https://t.co/LZjVW9vd3u

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) September 19, 2020

Dems aren't powerless. They can: 1. Abolish filibuster. 2. Statehood for DC, PR. 3. Increase # of federal judges. 4. Add 3 Justices to #SCOTUS. My @NewYorker columnhttps://t.co/wmJ88Vxvkt

— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) September 19, 2020