The Supreme Court: President Donald Trump is expected to name his pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia soon. | Getty Images McConnell: 'Way too early' to discuss killing Supreme Court filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday it is "way too early" to talk about doing away with the filibuster to make it easier for Republicans to confirm President Donald Trump's upcoming Supreme Court pick.

Trump, who plans to announce his nominee in the next few days, has suggested that McConnell should do away with the 60-vote threshold needed to advance nominees to the Supreme Court.


"It’s way too early for me to tell you or anybody else what we might do," McConnell (R-Ky.) said in an interview on ABC's "This Week." "How this is handled depends on our Democratic friends."

McConnell said he expects Trump to name "a really outstanding nominee who will be very hard to argue against" to fill the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia's death a year ago. McConnell said he is "privy to some of the information about what's been happening."

Asked whether there should be a litmus test for the judge when it comes to abortion, McConnell said, "I don't think there should be a litmus test on judges, no matter who the president is."

