As they rally behind Trump's pick, GOP senators struggle to explain refusal to move on Obama's nominee

Sen. Cory Gardner was blunt in 2016 about why he thought a Supreme Court seat should stay vacant despite then-President Barack Obama's demand to fill it.

"The next election is too soon, and the stakes too high," Gardner, a Republican from Colorado, said in March of that year.
Asked on Wednesday about his 2016 comments, amid President Donald Trump's effort to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat less than two months before an election, Gardner didn't answer when approached by CNN.
"If you didn't see my statement, I'll...