Nip, I enjoy our discussions, but I've seen this assertion many times over the past week, and there's just no evidence to support that. Both parties have attempted to delay/block judicial appointments in the past, that part of this is nothing new. What IS new is that 4 years ago Mitch created his rule that you couldn't approve an SC nominee during an election year without letting the voters have their say. Now they're trying to act as though that's not what they did.
I invite everyone to research and tell me I'm wrong, but I've not found ANY other occasion where either party simply refused to hold even confirmation hearings for an SC nominee. And yes, Biden made that statement back in '92...but there was no opening at the time and it was never put to the test. On the other hand, we know what the GOP did in 2016.
Had they held a vote on Garland and denied him, I'd have zero complaints about pushing thru another nominee this year. But they didn't, and there's no whataboutism in this case.