Senator McConnell attacks Democrat obstruction of Trump nominees

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell asks why Democrats who do not some oppose the nomination for Deputy Secretary of Defense on the merits throw a procedural hurdle skit to guarantee that a critical national security position remains vacant a while longer. McConnell says Patrick Shanahan has earned praise from both parties, refers to past confirmed nominees and a most egregious example of a judge from Idaho when Democrats threw up unnecessary procedural hurdles before confirming unanimously confirming him. McConnell says Democrats have shown time and again a willingness to force a needless procedural votes on nominees they actually support, that at the current rate remaining presidential appointments would take 11 years to confirm, a level of obstruction he calls simply breathtaking.