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Mitch McConnell is really good at his job. Unfortunately, his job is being evil and destroying democracy.
Let’s toss aside all of Rich Mitch’s dubious achievements on the way from his net worth mysteriously skyrocketing to over $30 million on a $193,400 salary. For now, let’s just focus on all the anti-democratic nonsense he’s pulled on America since that fateful day, June 16, 2015, when the big orange monster came down the Trump Tower escalator.
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You’d think the guy who suffered a polio attack as a toddler would be a little more pro-vaccine, but in 2017 the Mitchster cut some key funding that didn’t do anyone any favors when the coronavirus pandemic came around three years later.
Jane Mayer reports in the New Yorker that:
McConnell… personally introduced a little-noticed amendment to eliminate the Prevention and Public Health Fund at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which provided grants to states for detecting and responding to infectious-disease outbreaks, among other things.
In response, a coalition of hundreds of health organizations wrote McConnell and other congressional leaders, warning of “dire consequences.” Spoiler alert: McConnell ignored the experts’ pleas and cut the funding so he could deliver a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans. Hurray!!!
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237: Number of days before the 2016 election that Merrick Garland was nominated by President Obama to the Supreme Court.
2: Number of hours after Justice Scalia’s death that McConnell declared any appointment by Obama to be null and void. Because y’ know… that job was for the next president.
1: Number of hypocrites Mitch sees every time he shaves.
Want a good laugh?
Mitch McConnell just accused Democrats of “partisan hysteria” for caring about election security. For four years, Moscow Mitch has been urged to do something about Russian attacks on our electoral system. But Mitch doesn’t care. He actually fell asleep at one of the briefings.
Year after year, bipartisan measures to beef up the security of our voting has been swatted down by the Moscow man. Even FBI Director Christopher Wray (who was appointed by Trump) recently testified to Congress that Russia is actively attempting to undermine Biden’s campaign.
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The House has passed nearly 400 bills that Mitch McConnell has let gather dust on his desk ‚ including the CARES act which offers FINANCIAL HELP TO AMERICANS DURING A PANDEMIC! McConnell and friends refused to even bring it to a vote.
And yet — even though he holds all the power — the Moscow Man still plays the blame game.
Then why don't you bring up the 400 House bills on your desk for consideration following #regularorder.
That's how the founder designed the Senate to slow things down: by deliberating.
That's why the Senate is called the "world's greatest deliberative body."#DoYourJob pic.twitter.com/SJnh8eTZNF
— (((Alan Rosenblatt, PhD))) #BidenHarris2020 (@DrDigiPol) September 15, 2020
This is the pile of House-passed bills, 90% bipartisan, dead on Mitch McConnell’s desk in the Senate #LegislativeGraveyard pic.twitter.com/f3DR25yii1
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) December 18, 2019
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The Senate Majority Leader said that Donald Trump’s impeachment trial required no witnesses.
Here’s why:
Never in Senate history has this body paused an impeachment trial to pursue additional witnesses with unresolved questions of executive privilege that would require protracted litigation.
Sounds like Mitch had a train he had to catch.
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Perhaps Mitch’s best skill is ignoring things he doesn’t want to see.
He rushed through the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings and dismissed all of Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations as nothing more than a nuisance. Asking the FBI to investigate a credible charge by a credible woman that impacts a lifetime appointment to the world’s most powerful court? Nah. Hey, what about subpoenaing Mark Judge (Kavanaugh’s pal) who allegedly was involved in the assault? Nope.
Because justice is a dish best served in a microwave for ten seconds.
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If you thought that Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao only married Mitch McConnell for his looks, you’d be wrong. He also helped her already rich family get at least $350,000 in PPP loans meant for companies struggling due to the pandemic. Yep. Thanks for stealing from the little guy.
Now that Sen. McConnell's already-super-wealthy family got its taxpayer-funded financial relief, how about making sure that regular (i.e. not wealthy) folks get their unemployment extended and state & local gov'ts get some help so that they aren't forced to lay off vital workers? https://t.co/kywBSGHSJD
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) July 7, 2020
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McConnell never met an institution he didn’t mind breaking.
The Post Office required just $25 billion to keep it solvent. However, in his $1 trillion stimulus package this summer, Mitch allocated exactly zero dollars for the postal system. To put that in perspective, $0 is not even enough money to mail a postcard.
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One of Mitch’s biggest donors (nearly $4 million to McConnell’s leadership PAC) is Russian-born U.S. citizen Len Blavatnik — who (surprise!!!!!) still has ties with two Trump-tied Russian oligarchs, Viktor Vekselberg and Oleg Deripaska.
But wait! It gets worse! Or better, if you’re Moscow Mitch.
McConnell used his clout to get U.S. sanctions LIFTED on Deripaska and his aluminum company, Rusal. And to complete the Quo in the Quid Pro, Rusal plans to invest $200 million in a plant in… KENTUCKY!!! It’s not subtle.
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McConnell cut funding for black lung disease suffered by Kentucky coal miners. And, when a group of miners took a 10-hour bus ride to Washington to ask him to restore the funding, McConnell met with them for two minutes before refusing to help them.
We rode up here for 10 hours by bus to get some answers from him because he represents our state. For him to come in for just two minutes was a low-down shame. — George Massey, a coal miner from Harlan County, Kentucky
McConnell’s treatment of Kentucky coal miners featured in one of Amy McGrath’s campaign ads.
Our coal miners risked their lives to fuel our country—but Mitch McConnell would only give a group of them with black lung disease a scant minute when they rode 10 hours to visit him in Washington. My question for McConnell: Which side are you on? pic.twitter.com/6dzOZHTKOV
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) August 23, 2019
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As domestic terrorism continues to spread its ugly tentacles, our courageous Senate Majority Leader won’t allow debate on remedies for gun violence. He refuses to take up gun-control legislation passed by the House for something as non-controversial and innocuous as background checks.
Thanks to the filibuster, Mitch knows he’s protected and knows there’s zero chance of getting to 60 votes to force a floor vote so… he continues to do nothing!
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Mitch waited all of 80 minutes (80 MINUTES!!!!) after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death was announced on Friday evening to make an announcement of his own:
Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise. President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.
Just seeing that hollow statement makes me want to give all my money to Amy McGrath.
