'Absolute legend': What Mitch McConnell told reporter about hypothetical SCOTUS opening is guaranteed to trigger Dems (again)

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate continues to move forward with President Trump’s judicial nominees, and the Daily Beast’s Sam Stein presented a scenario:

Is there any doubt that if a Supreme Court vacancy opened up right now McConnell wouldn’t rush to fill it? https://t.co/wn1p8poKU5

— Sam Stein (@samstein) April 3, 2020

According to a Washington Post White House reporter, we have an answer to that hypothetical:

No. He told me in the interview that he would.

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) April 3, 2020

Cocaine Mitch keeps delivering!

If you ever doubted Cocaine Mitch was the ?

Enjoy pic.twitter.com/MQfieQ2P5j

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 3, 2020

Goat

— the Flash (@ThickenParm) April 3, 2020

Cocaine Mitch is an absolute legend.

— JonathonSnyder (@JonathonSnyder) April 3, 2020

Cocaine Mitch is a legend. https://t.co/sPQMyT5UdH

— JonathonSnyder (@JonathonSnyder) April 3, 2020

My favorite example of how unfailingly dumb journos are is that they keep acting like Cocaine Mitch would be a hypocrite to confirm a justice in an election year. https://t.co/F0OCjvrt8l

— popcorn sutton (@popcornsutton3) April 3, 2020

https://t.co/wr746zk5Ya pic.twitter.com/EI0jtbaO5c

— kaitlin (@thefactualprep) April 3, 2020