court justice tragically passed away. this time ruth bader ginsburg. her death also came during an election year. but this time, the election was not nine months away. it was 45 days away, literally. and senator mitch mcconnell decided, yeah, all that stuff i decided about not confirming a justice in an election year, you can forget that. he proceeded to rush through the nomination of amy coney barrett at record speed. it took 27 days from tip to tail. and that, of course, is a glaring example of senator mcconnell's hypocrisy and duplicity, i'm sorry to have to say that way. but it's also a precedent. and democrats said today, upon the announced retirement of justice stephen breyer that they want to confirm justice breyer's confirmation just as quickly as amy coney barrett's. meaning that they think the whole thing can be done in the month. and democrats control the senate by the thinnest of margins. but to the extent that senator