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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., departs the chamber after speaking about the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Her death leaves a vacancy that could be filled by a more conservative justice by President Donald Trump.

GOP begins to fall in line for quick confirmation vote on Trump's Supreme Court nominee

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) puts on a mask after speaking to the press after a meeting with Republican Senators in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining liability issues during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 12, 2020.

GOP growing more indifferent to Trump controversies as election nears