Mitch McConnell Will Still Block Merrick Garland’s Nomination, Donald Trump Be Damned

Mitch McConnell Will Still Block Merrick Garland’s Nomination, Donald Trump Be Damned-huffingtonpost: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is continuing his no-holds-barred blockade of Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, despite the risk that he may get a less palatable choice from presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, a spokesman for McConnell confirmed Wednesday.