They did not expect Trump to win. The Swamp rats are not just the Dems. McConnell is just one of the same except with an R in front. They figured once Hillary won, they would try and push Garland through as he was labeled a “moderate”. No such thing only varying levels of swamp dwelling. Notice how the country is being run by old white men, the very antithesis of what the Dems purport to be.