Ah the both-sides argument.
There are not two sides here. Before McConnell did what he does - use the game available to him to advance minority rule - the Senate would be expected to fill the seat a year out before an election. It has happened before. McConnell is the one that changed the game.
And now he's changing it again, despite at the time numerous GOP senators all confirming that these were the new norms, and if the situation were reversed, they'd act the same.
Mitch McConnell is only able to do what he does because of people like you (I know you don't vote in the US). But people with the mentality - fostered by Newt - that the way to ensure a shrinking minority is able to govern a diversifying country is to be nihilistic, and convince enough of the electorate that nothing matters and both sides are terrible.
And so many fall for it.
I read that Biden did it first in 1992 when he told Bush senior that the Senate would not vote for a SCOTUS during election year. He set that rule.
And to be fair, in 2016 even if the Dems had tried to name a SCOTUS, they didnt have the votes. So it wasnt that important what the rule was.
And as you know I'm not an american, i don't live there, but i have followed with one eye the different elections since the early 80's
I would have voted for Ronald Reagan both times, didnt like Carter
Then Dukakis
Then Clinton
Then Gore (i despised George Bush the Stupid Junior, that election was stoled by the SC when they ruled to stop counting votes in Florida)
Then Kerry
Then Obama both times
Then Hilary -but not my cup of tea-
But now the democrats have gone too far left and i really don't like leftist policies