Republican operative Mike Davis reportedly deleted a tweet depicting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) holding the severed head of Judge Merrick Garland, who was nominated for the Supreme Court.

McConnell infamously refused to even hold a hearing on the nomination made by former President Barack Obama.

Mike Davis, who was chief counsel for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) when he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, also worked on the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Lawrence Hurley, a Supreme Court reporter for Reuters, noticed the deleted tweet.

This retweet from lawyer who worked to help get Gorsuch confirmed, clerked for Gorsuch and worked for Grassley to get Kavanaugh confirmed appears to have been deleted. It depicts Mitch McConnell holding the severed head of Judge Merrick Garland pic.twitter.com/NCVC7Lnbh5

— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) May 10, 2019

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