mcconnell said, it just wouldn't be right to put garland on the high court during an election year. >> we're in the process of picking a president. and that new president ought to make this appointment, which will affect the supreme court maybe for the next quarter of a century. >> then in 2020 justice right bader ginsburg died less than two months before the election. according to pbs, mcconnell called trump the night ginsburg died, urging him to quickly select amy coney barrett. >> mcconnell told him two things. he said, first, i'm going to put out a statement that says we're going to fill the vacancy. second, he said, you've got to nominate amy coney barrett. >> less than a year later, get this, justice barrett actually appeared at an event at the mcconnell center at the university of louisville. she told the crowd this. my goal today is to convince you