No, the history of how the Senate has acted on presidential-election-year SCOTUS nominations when the opposing party controls the Senate is not "invented," nor would it be contradicted by a 2020 nom. I've done the research: https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/03/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-nominee-rejections-politics-has-lot-do-it/ … https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/it-doesnt-matter-garland-didnt-get-hearing/ … https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1143963821788344320 …
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This is untrue. McConnell was not always careful in every statement about the nature of the precedent, but he explained to Chris Wallace in March 2016 that this is precisely what he was citing: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/03/20/mitch_mcconnell_latest_precedent_for_garland_situation_is_from_1888_scotus_nomination_goes_to_next_president.html … https://twitter.com/competencedodge/status/1143973252290752512 …
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McConnell made the same point in 2018 https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/10/mcconnell-opens-up-possibility-senate-would-confirm-trump-scotus-nominee-in-election-yr-2020/ …pic.twitter.com/xxRwpu7zQ8
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From the Associated Press: https://www.apnews.com/a59d72789444461ba071d9df6c8255ed …pic.twitter.com/R0o9z5usQo
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