"We're going to confirm these judges. I don't care what tactics they employ,"

Mitch McConnell in May of 2018
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/10/senate-republicans-confirm-trump-judicial-nominee-overruling-home-state-democrat.html


This is reference to Chuck Grassley refusing to abide by the Seante's "Blue slip" courtesy for a Trump nominee to the Circuit Court of Appeals.



Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home-state senator
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/387129-senate-confirms-trump-judicial-pick-over-objections-of-home-state-senator

The Senate approved one of President Trump's circuit court nominees on Thursday over the objections of his home-state senator, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.).

Senators voted 49-46 to approve Michael Brennan's nomination to be a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

How is Sen. Baldwin’s right to consult on judges for her state any less important than Sen. Johnson’s? It’s mind-bending hypocrisy. It’s an appalling double standard," he said.

The "blue-slip" rule — a precedent upheld by Senate tradition — has historically allowed a home-state senator to stop a lower-court nominee by refusing to return a sheet of paper, known as a blue slip, to the Judiciary Committee.

But how strictly the precedent is upheld is decided by the Judiciary Committee chairman — in this case, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) — and enforcement has varied over the year.

Baldwin didn't return her blue slip for Brennan's nomination, saying he failed to win the support of a nominating commission.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) previously refused to return a blue slip for an Obama-nominee for the seat, Victoria Nourse. She eventually withdrew her nomination.