Sen. Brian Schatz Brian Emanuel SchatzCDC causes new storm by pulling coronavirus guidance Overnight Health Care: CDC pulls revised guidance on coronavirus | Government watchdog finds supply shortages are harming US response | As virus pummels US, Europe sees its own spike Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE (D-Hawaii) said on Thursday that no argument “will lay bare Republican hypocrisy” on the Supreme Court as GOP leadership plans to vote in the fall to confirm President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.

“There is no clever tweet, no well-crafted argument for cable news, that will lay bare Republican hypocrisy on the Court and bring them to their knees under the weight of the embarrassment,” Schatz said in a tweet.

“We just have to win the next election,” the Hawaii Democrat continued.

There is no clever tweet, no well-crafted argument for cable news, that will lay bare Republican hypocrisy on the Court and bring them to their knees under the weight of the embarrassment. We just have to win the next election. — Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 27, 2018

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Schatz’s tweet come a day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFEC flags McConnell campaign over suspected accounting errors Poll: 59 percent think president elected in November should name next Supreme Court justice Mark Kelly: Arizona Senate race winner should be sworn in 'promptly' MORE (R-Ky.) announced that the upper chamber would move forward to confirm the president's nominee to replace Kennedy, who is retiring at the end of July, before the November midterm elections.

"The Senate stands ready to fulfill its constitutional role by offering advice and consent," McConnell said from the Senate floor on Wednesday. "We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedy’s successor this fall."

Democratic lawmakers, however, are saying McConnell is being hypocritical, citing his move in 2016 to block former President Obama's pick to replace the late Justice Anthony Scalia, Merrick Garland.

The Kentucky Republican said at the time that contentious nomination hearings should not be held during a presidential election year and that voters should weigh in on the decision.