Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell skipped a service on Capitol Hill honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, NBC News’ Kasie Hunt reported.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was also not in attendance at the ceremony honoring Ginsburg, the pioneering Supreme Court justice who died one week ago after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
It’s unclear why neither man attended the service. Doug Andres, a communications staffer for McConnell, declined to comment on what was on McConnell’s schedule that precluded him from attending the event. “No guidance or announcements on his schedule,” Andres said in an email. McCarthy’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.
It is usually the tradition for the top four congressional leaders — the Senate majority and minority leader, and the House speaker and minority leader — to attend major events together, such as the ceremony honoring Ginsburg. Continue reading.