McConnell: ‘Long way from being finished’ appointing conservative judges

Published February 12, 2020 7:47pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said people should not expect him to take his foot off the accelerator in appointing conservative judges to fill vacancies at federal courts across the country.

“My motto for the year is ‘leave no vacancy behind,'” McConnell said on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Tuesday. “That includes district courts as well. So we’re a long way from being finished with doing court confirmations this year.”

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