Mitch McConnell actually said...

"It is highly unlikely I`d allow a confirmation vote in an election year."

"I think, in the middle of a presidential election, if you have a Senate of the opposite party of the president, you have to go back to the 1880s to find the last time a vacancy was filled."

"I do think the issue that you raise is the single most consequential thing I have done in my time as majority leader of the Senate. I preserved the Scalia vacancy for the Gorsuch appointment."

"Today`s report is one of the many reasons I`m confident in the ability of existing investigations to uncover all actionable facts about the events of January 6th. I`ll continue to support these effort..."