Democrats control the senate right now though. They could nominate and confirm a Justice tomorrow if they wanted to (well, if Manchin and Sinema wanted to).
Despite the argument McConnell made in 2016 (and as proven in 2020), the timing relative to elections doesn't matter. All it takes is the President and 51 senators being willing to do it.
Did they just forget about McConnell blocking Obama's SC nomination for 11 months after Scalia's death?
Democrats control the senate right now though. They could nominate and confirm a Justice tomorrow if they wanted to (well, if Manchin and Sinema wanted to).
Despite the argument McConnell made in 2016 (and as proven in 2020), the timing relative to elections doesn't matter. All it takes is the President and 51 senators being willing to do it.
Either yes, or they would suffer in principled silence and lose knowing they had the high ground or something.