Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the Senate would vote to confirm a Trump nominee to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a statement released an hour after her death, but it’s unclear whether he can convince a majority of his colleagues to do so.
While several GOP senators on Friday evening were saying that a vote should go forward, some were notably silent on the issue.
McConnell can only afford three defections on what would be one of the most controversial Senate votes in history. Continue reading.