This is what happens when a society loses its means of having a civilised conversation, with rules of integrity and decorum at its heart.
Ideologies create these scenarios. They justify an anything-goes mode of operation. McConnell's cheating of Garland's nomination was a major step in dissolving US discourse. He can't complain that his Machiavellian manoueverings have delivered a response he finds unpleasant. This is the monster he gave birth to.