In the past, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) was a major source of frustration to Democrats. The former Senate majority leader, after the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, blocked then-President Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland — only to ram through all three of President Donald Trump’s nominees for the High Court: Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Yet McConnell, who stepped down …
‘Wild card’: Why ‘Crafty’ Mitch McConnell ‘doesn’t mind sticking Trump in the eye’
July 18, 2025