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No, the fundamental issue is that McConnell was the first and only Senate Leader to ever prevent a vote on a SCOTUS nominee, so there were no confirmation hearings at all.

> There have been 37 unsuccessful nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States. Of these, 11 nominees were rejected in Senate roll-call votes, 11 were withdrawn by the president, and 15 lapsed at the end of a session of Congress.

Note: 15 nominations were not voted on by the Senate, including Merrick Garland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsuccessful_nominations_to_th...

In all of those 15 they had hearings. They simply didn't get to the point of voting on confirmation.

McConnell prevented senators from voting on a candidate they would have approved. This is hijacking representatives' voice because you're afraid to hear it.

Ah yes, the good old "should have been so weak", "deserved it" victim-blaming.