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Mitch McConnell’s Arizona Abortion Ban Dodge Signals GOP Panic
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is a reliable Republican bellwether, and his refusal to talk about the Arizona abortion ban signals Republican panic.
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Mitch McConnell Confirms That Trump Is Trying To Kill GOP Border Deal With Biden
In a closed door meeting with his Senate Republican conference, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed that Trump ordered Republicans not to do a border deal with Biden.
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Mitch McConnell Backs Biden On Ukraine Aid Being Spent In The US
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) backed up President Biden’s statement that aid from Ukraine is actually spent in 38 different states in the US.
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Mitch McConnell Knifes Kevin McCarthy On Government Shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a message to Kevin McCarthy that he is all alone on the government shutdown.
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Kevin McCarthy Is So Screwed: The Senate Will Announce Bipartisan CR To Keep Government Open
Majority Leader Schumer said that Senate Democrats and Republicans worked through the weekend and came to an agreement on a short-term CR to keep the government open. Meanwhile, Speaker McCarthy continues to flounder.
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Mitch McConnell Ignored Mitt Romney’s Warning about Threats to the Capitol on 1/6
Senator Mitch McConnell ignored Senator Mitt Romney’s advanced warning about the threat of violence on January 6th, 2021, including chatter targeting Romney himself.
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Mitch McConnell Makes Things Worse By Dodging Health Questions
While speaking on the Senate floor, Sen. Mitch McConnell only made a passing and vague reference to recent freezing in front of reporters. McConnell is not helping his situation.
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Capitol Physician’s Letter Raises Serious Questions About Mitch McConnell
The office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell released a letter from the Capitol Hill physician clearing him for work, and suggesting that the concussion McConnell suffered five months ago is causing the freeze-ups.
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Mitch McConnell Appears To Freeze Up And Go Unresponsive Again
There are reports that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze for 30 seconds while answering questions from reporters in Kentucky.
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Mitch McConnell Booed And Met With Chants Of Retire At Kentucky Event
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was booed and met with overwhelming chants of retire at the Fancy Farm Picnic over the weekend.
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Mitch McConnell’s Health Issues Are Worse Than Republicans Have Let On
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been trying to brush off the incident where he froze up at a press conference, but McConnell has had recent issues that suggest his health is a concern.
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Mitch McConnell Rigged Kentucky’s Process So That Even If He Dies He Won’t Be Replaced With A Democrat
In 2021, Mitch McConnell had the Kentucky legislature change state law so Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear can’t choose his replacement.
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Mitch McConnell Freezes At Press Conference And Gets Escorted Away
A strange moment occurred at the Senate Republican leadership press conference when Mitch McConnell froze while speaking and had to be escorted away by colleagues.
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If Dianne Feinstein Quits, Mitch McConnell Can Block All Of Biden’s Judicial Nominees
Former Sen, Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is warning those who want Dianne Feinstein to resign that if Feinstein quits, Mitch McConnell will have the power to kill all of Biden’s judicial nominees.
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Even With Trump Facing Criminal Charges, Mitch McConnell Refuses To Condemn Him
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dodged the question when he was asked about Trump being the leader of the Republican Party while facing criminal charges.
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Mitch McConnell Turns On Fox News Over Tucker Carlson’s 1/6 Lies
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sided with the Capitol Police and criticized Fox News for Tucker Carlson’s lie-filled 1/6 propaganda.
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Mitch McConnell Is Worried That Rick Scott Could Cost Republicans The 2024 Election
Mitch McConnell is trying to defuse Rick Scott’s cut Social Security timebomb because he thinks it will cost the GOP the 2024 election.
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Republicans In Disarray As Mitch McConnell Knifes Rick Scott
The bad blood between Mitch McConnell and Rick Scott erupted after McConnell said that Scott might not be able to win reelection in Florida due to his desire to kill Social Security.
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1/6 Police Refuse To Shake Hands With McConnell And McCarthy At Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
1/6 officers shook the hands of Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer but walked past Minority Leaders McCarthy and McConnell at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony.
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Mitch McConnell And Senate Republicans Hide Instead Of Condemning Trump’s Attack On The Constitution
Senate Republicans are being asked to condemn Trump’s attack on the Constitution and they are refusing.
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The Lincoln Project Blasts McCarthy And McConnell For Not Standing Up To Trump
The Lincoln Project pointed out that Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell have been too weak to stand up to Trump, even after he called for terminating the Constitution.
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Hakeem Jeffries Calls Out Hypocrite Mitch McConnell
House Democratic Leader Elect Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said that Republicans like Mitch McConnell are hypocrites and shamelessness is their superpower.
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Republicans Are In Disarray And Already Panicked About 2024
It is absolute disarray and chaos in the Republican Party as Senate Republicans are calling for leadership elections to be postponed so they can discuss how to improve their 2024 chances.
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Trump Wants Mitch McConnell Impeached, But Senators Can’t Be Impeached
Trump wants Mitch McConnell impeached, but senators can’t be impeached.
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Schumer And Manchin Blindsided Mitch McConnell By Using Secret Basement Negotiations
Mitch McConnell was caught completely by surprise by Manchin and Schumer’s deal that was set up in secret basement negotiation.
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It Looks Like Democrats Outsmarted Mitch McConnell On The Inflation Reduction Act
Mitch McConnell had threatened to block the vital bill to increase semiconductor production if Democrats moved forward with reconciliation, so Democrats waited until the CHIPS bill passed and then announced the Schumer/Manchin deal.
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Senate Republicans May Cave And Block Bill Protecting Same Sex Marriage
Senate Republicans are divided on the bill codifying same-sex marriage and currently can’t deliver enough votes to pass the legislation.
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Mitch McConnell Just Walked Intro A Democratic Trap
Senate Minority Mitch McConnell walked into a big Democratic trap when he claimed that lowering the cost of prescription drugs is socialism.
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Mitch McConnell’s Senate Hopes Slip Away As CBO Finds Prescription Drug Reform Would Save $287 Billion
The CBO has found that the Democratic plan that would allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices would save the country $287 billion.
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Opinion: Jan. 6 And Uvalde Massacre Highlight How Violent Gun Culture Undermines Democracy
The gun, in many ways these days, has become the symbol and means of tyranny, a tool for taking down democracy.
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Mitch McConnell Is The One Person Responsible For Kids Still Being Shot In School
The common thread through decades of Senate inaction on gun violence is Sen. Mitch McConnell obstructing gun reform.
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Both Schumer And McConnell Asked Rand Paul To Allow Quick Passage Of Ukraine Aid, And He Said No
Rand Paul ignored appeals from both Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell to stop blocking emergency aid to Ukraine.
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Mitch McConnell Accuses Democrats Of Threatening SCOTUS In Roe Distraction
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that Democrats and the Supreme Court leaker are threatening SCOTUS.
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Mitch McConnell Told Journalist That Trump “Discredited Himself” with 1/6
McConnell was “exhilarated” by the potential damage of the January 6 insurrection on former President Donald Trump.
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Opinion: Will Inflation Worries Push Americans Toward Authoritarianism to Economic Detriment?
The surest way to secure a strong economy that works for the majority of Americans is to support—and vote—for democracy, not right-wing autocracy,
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Mitch McConnell Knew About Trump’s Coup And Said Nothing
Trump told Mitch McConnell about his coup to flip election results in Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, but McConnell stayed silent.
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Mitch McConnell Shows How Very Low He Is Willing To Go
Mitch McConnell was asked where his moral red lines are, and he made it clear that he has none.
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Mitch McConnell Walks Away When Asked To Condemn Accused Wife And Child Beater Eric Greitens
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to respond to reporters’ questions when asked about accusations that Senate candidate Eric Greitens beat his wife and children.
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Mitch McConnell Begs America To Ignore Putin’s Takeover Of The GOP
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tried to play off the Putin GOP as a few lonely voices and urged America to ignore them.
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Mitch McConnell Was The Problem As Senate Democrats Pass Wave Of Bipartisan Bills
Under Chuck Schumer’s leadership, America is seeing that Mitch McConnell was the problem, not the Senate.
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Rick Scott Leads Senate Republicans To Doom With Plan To Raise Taxes On 40% Of Americans
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is running the Senate Republican effort in 2022, and the tax plan that he wants Republicans to run on would raise taxes on 40% of Americans.
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Mitch McConnell Looks Ill As Biden Lists His Economic Successes At SOTU
Mitch McConnell looked like he could see his chance of winning the Senate majority slipping away as Biden listed his economic successes.
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Mitch McConnell Has A Senate Floor Meltdown Over Biden’s Voting Rights Speech
Mitch McConnell went on a nearly ten-minute rant/tantrum on the Senate floor in response to President Biden’s voting rights speech.
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Jen Psaki Just Shredded Mitch McConnell’s Voting Rights Hypocrisy
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to Mitch McConnell calling the push for voting rights hysteria by using his own words against him.
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GOP is Courting Manchin After He Kills Build Back Better Bill in Attempt to Take Senate Majority
Republicans are currently courting Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) after he rang the death knell for President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill, which would have been the Biden administration’s most substantial public policy victory. GOP senators have told Manchin they would welcome him into their caucus if he switched his political allegiances. Although Manchin has…
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Mitch McConnell Trolls Trump And Calls Biden Infrastructure Win Good For America
Senate Minority Leader McConnell told local Kentucky media that he was glad that the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed and called it good for America.
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Mitch McConnell’s Dreams Of Winning The Senate Are Dying
All across the country top, potential Republican candidates are refusing to run for Senate and killing Mitch McConnell’s chances of becoming Majority Leader.
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Kentucky’s Dem. Governor Andy Beshear Warns Schools Officials Who Want to Skirt Mask Mandate
Right now, the South is on fire with Delta variant COVID cases. And most of those states are run by Republican governors. And leaders like Florida’s Ron DeSantis, Texas’ Greg Abbott and Tennessee’s Bill Lee are doing next to nothing to protect the children of their state. In fact, DeSantis has been threatening school leaders…
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Trump Slams McConnell as “Overrated” Ahead of Infrastructure Bill’s Passage
Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), criticizing him for supporting a bipartisan infrastructure package that is set to the pass the Senate. “Nobody will ever understand why Mitch McConnell allowed this non-infrastructure bill to be passed. He has given up all of his leverage for the big whopper…
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GOP Leaders Are Worried That Trump Favorite Herschel Walker Needs to Be Replaced in Georgia
The relationship between Herschel Walker and Donald Trump goes back a long time. When Walker was a football star coming out of college, Trump gave him a massive contract to sign with his New Jersey Generals. And since then the men have been close. Prior to joining the Generals, Walker starred at the University of Georgia….
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McConnell Claims to Want to Boost Vaccination Rates by Countering Misinformation
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he aims to boost vaccination rates across the United States by countering misinformation, per Reuters. This misinformation appears to be most prevalent in Republican-dominated states. The news comes a day after McConnell blamed President Joe Biden for the stagnant vaccination rates nationwide despite the conservative-led efforts, such as via…
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Opinion: Will “Enough Is Enough” Politics Eclipse Dems’ Futile Hopes for Bi-Partisanship?
“Folks [are] supposed to have common sense.” These are the now well-known words of Alabama’s Republican Governor Kay Ivey when she called out those hesitant or downright resistant to getting vaccinated, declaring that “it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down.” It’s…
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McConnell: GOP Won’t Vote to Raise Debt Ceiling
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned Democrats that the GOP will not vote to raise the debt ceiling. McConnell said that Democrats should to include the spending hike in an infrastructure bill that they can pass along party lines. “I can’t imagine there will be a single Republican voting to raise the debt ceiling after…
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Mitch McConnell Admits the ‘Era of Bipartisanship is Over’
Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives. They hold a narrow majority in the Senate. They have the White House. And up until last week, they actually believed they could make common cause with republicans for the good of the republic. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch “The Grim Reaper” McConnell said the quiet part…
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Say What? Mitch McConnell Says He’s “Perplexed” Over Republican Vaccine Hesitancy
COVID-19 was never meant to be partisan issue. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit while Donald Trump was still in office. And fearing that the fallout could affect his reelection chances, Trump chose to politicize the issue. Joining the former president in pushing COVID disinfo were cable networks like Fox, Newsmax and OAN. In addition, politicians like…
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“He Actually Loves Our Programs”: Watch as Joe Biden Mocks Obstructionist Mitch McConnell
When he first took office, Joe Biden promised to make a good faith effort to work with Republicans. And that effort has been made on numerous occasions over Biden’s first few months in office. Mitch McConnell, though, has often urged his senators against working with the president or supporting his legislation. This is the same…
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Lincoln Project Mocks Trump, Declares McConnell Leader of GOP in New Ad
The Lincoln Project has released a new ad mocking former President Donald Trump for his beef with Senate Minority Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) and declared McConnell the actual leader of the Republican Party. “Does Mitch call the shots now, Donald?” the narrator of the ad asks. “He says he runs the Republican party, the party you built….
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Mitch McConnell Explains Why Joe Biden Would be His Desert Island Democratic President
Joe Biden has spent the vast majority of his adult life in the United States senate. He was first elected to office in 1973 when he was just 31 years old. And the only years since then that he didn’t spend working with other senators were the 4 years Donald Trump was president. And during…
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He Blew It For Our Country: Trump Releases a Statement Blasting Mitch McConnell
Following the January 6th insurrection, both Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell blasted Donald Trump for his role in the attack. They know have different takes on the matter. McCarthy famously went down to Mar-a-Lago, kissed Trump’s ring, and he now backs the former president no matter what. McConnell has never changed course on the issue….
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WATCH: Mitch McConnell Says Voter Suppression Doesn’t Exist in Any US State
At this point in time, Republicans have realized that their platform is not very popular. There is a clear reason why they have stopped talking ideas and have gone all the way in on the culture war. No leader has ever tried to suppress the vote quite like Donald Trump did. He even had his…
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Nicolle Wallace: If Democrats Can’t End the Filibuster, the Political Wins in 2020 Will Be for Nothing
In the 6 years he was the senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell wielded his power with an iron fist. He laughed at the idea of bipartisanship. He placed radical right-wing judges in lifetime appointments. The Kentucky senator even blocked the senate from even having a vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. McConnell…
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McConnell on Whether He’ll Welcome Trump’s Involvement in Midterm Elections: “Well, He Has His Own Agenda”
Speaking to Fox News, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) evaded the question of whether he would “welcome” former President Donald Trump’s involvement come midterm elections in 2022. “Well, he has his own agenda,” McConnell said of Trump, before proceeding to criticize the Biden administration. “And my view is we’re going to focus on this…
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WATCH: Joe Manchin Calls For the Senate to Hold Another Vote on 1/6 Commission
Despite the fact that Democrats are in control of the senate, Joe Manchin has consistently pushed for bills to go through in a bi-partisan fashion. The West Virginia senator seems to be ignoring the fact that Republican leader Mitch McConnell has shown absolutely no interest in working with Democrats. Just last week, McConnell used his…
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“If You’re Afraid of Trump Get Out of Office” Dem. Sen. Jon Tester Rips GOP Colleagues Opposed to 1/6 Investigation
Following the events of January 6th, Republicans signaled a willingness to understand how the insurrection happened. Terrified of Trump, though, most of them have changed their minds on that matter. Mitch McConnell understands that a commission will be very bad politically for Republicans. So he is urging them to vote against the bill. And that…
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Schumer: GOP In-Fighting on 1/6 Commission Shows How Difficult it is to Negotiate With Republicans
Chuck Schumer has had to deal with Mitch McConnell for a very long time. Starting n 2014, McConnell and the Republicans held the senate. The idea of negotiating with the Kentucky senator was essentially a joke. McConnell used his power to shut down a supreme court nomination and push through a tax cut for the…
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Opinion: Big Lie of Stolen Election Obscures Cheney’s Bigger Longstanding Lie
Trumpism, in fact, has provided a fortuitous opening for the Republican Party establishment to salvage its own perfidious conservatism by providing a kind of straw man for the establishment.
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Mitch McConnell: I’m a Great Admirer or Liz Cheney
This weeks drama in the House of Representatives showed the differences in leadership style between Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell. McCarthy has been completely compromised by Donald Trump. When the former president first incited the January 6th insurrection, McCarthy called him out. But after the House Minority Leader was called down to Mar-a-Lago, he came…
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Cowardly McConnell Avoids Talking About Trump’s Hold on GOP During Interview
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) avoided commenting on the hold former President Donald Trump has on the GOP, pivoting discussion instead to the Republican Party’s hopes for the midterm elections, a time when incumbent administrations typically lose seats. What ’22 ought to be is a referendum, and it often is, on the performance of…
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McConnell Indicates He Has No Intention of Protecting Liz Cheney as the GOP Eat Their Own
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appeared to try and distance himself from the controversy surrounding efforts by Republicans to oust Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) because she has refused to back former President Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 general election. McConnell, when asked if he would help Cheney keep her position as conference chair, said that…
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WATCH: Morning Joe Panel Mocks Mitch McConnell For Not Understanding Why CEO’s No Longer Support Republicans
For decades, big business and the Republican party have had a symbiotic relationship. Big business donates large sums of money to the GOP and in return, Republicans pass major tax breaks. But over the last decade or so, the GOP has been getting soundly defeated in the culture war. And as Republicans try to pass…
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Mitch McConnell Refuses To Work With Biden Then Whines About Unity
In the 6 years he was in charge of the senate, Mitch McConnell wielded his power with an iron fist. The Kentucky lawmaker showed no interest in anything Democrats had to say. He pushed through 3 Supreme Court and a massive tax break for the richest Americans. Now that he is out of power, though,…
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Opinion: Republicans Expect Americans to Obey, Not Participate in Political Life of the Nation
The message they send to Americans is clear: “Stay out of politics and leave the destruction of you and your country to us.”
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Pelosi: McConnell “Is Not a Force for Good in Our Country”
An excerpt from journalist Susan Page’s biography of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) titled Madame Speaker shows Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have an icy relationship. “Mitch McConnell is not a force for good in our country,” Pelosi is quoted as saying. “He is an enabler of some of the worst stuff,…
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Biden Creates Commission That Will Explore Expanding Supreme Court
President Joe Biden will order a 180-day commission that will explore the mechanics behind expanding the Supreme Court. The commission will provide a forum to debate the matter outside of Congress, whose own proceedings are likely to be significantly polarized. Although Biden has not clarified his own views on expanding the court, the decision to…
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WATCH: Nicolle Wallace Finds McConnell’s Threat to Corporations Hilarious
After 5 years plus of pulling the senate strings, Mitch McConnell is not enjoying his time as the Senate Minority Leader. Once Democrats took control, McConnell threatened to regularly hold up bills using the filibuster. But the Senate Parliamentarian has largely taken care of that. McConnell has decided that the easiest way to get back…
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McConnell Tells CEOs To “Stay Out of Politics”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tore into corporations whose CEOs have spoken out against Georgia’s new voting restrictions, urging them to stay out of politics. “My advice to the corporate CEOs of America is to stay out of politics. Don’t pick sides in these big fights,” McConnell said. McConnell’s criticisms appear at odds with…
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Opinion: Georgia Lawmakers Outlaw Humanity And Mutual Aid As Big Lie Becomes Big Law
This sweeping legislation isn’t just about suppressing the vote; it’s about prohibiting collective care and action, criminalizing any sense of human solidarity, any acting upon the recognition that others’ lives matter.
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Mitch McConnell Spouts More Bogus Threats About Senate Filibuster Reform
Speaking to the Ruthless podcast in an episode released earlier this morning, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) claimed reforming the filibuster would lead to a “nuclear winter” in the Senate, hampering bipartisan coordination. “I think if they destroy the essence of the Senate, the legislative filibuster, they will find a Senate that will not function,” he…
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Trump Says Ending the Filibuster Would Be “Catastrophic” for Republicans
Former President Donald Trump said ending the filibuster would be “catastrophic” for the GOP, voicing his support as Democrats continue to face calls to scrap it entirely. “Look, he’s hanging by a thread right now with respect to the filibuster,” Trump said of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during an interview on the podcast…
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Schumer on McConnell: “I’m Not Going to Give This Blustery Threat Any Credence”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) dismissed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s (R-Ky.) threat to employ “scorched earth” tactics if Democrats successfully get rid of the filibuster. “We used to call the Senate, when he was in charge, the legislative graveyard,” Schumer told Stephen Colbert during an interview on The Late Show. “The House would send…
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Dem Sen. Martin Heinrich Calls For the Filibuster to Be Abolished or Reformed
Republicans have grown very leery about the fact that the Democrats have control of the House, Senate and White House. Mitch McConnell threw a bit of a fit the other day making demands and threats about what the Republicans would do when they’re back in power. The Democrats were able to pass their major stimulus…
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McConnell Threatens “Scorched Earth” Tactics if Democrats Get Rid of Filibuster
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has threatened to employ “scorched earth” tactics if Democrats successfully get rid of the filibuster, according to Reuters. McConnell has sought to protect the filibuster, insisting that eliminating it would amount to a power grab on the part of the Democrats. Democrats, meanwhile, are facing calls from their constituents…
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Opinion: To Save Democracy And Achieve Unity, Senate Democrats Must Kill The Filibuster
If Democrats want to save democracy and work toward unity, they must remove the obstacle of the filibuster.
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WATCH: Gaslight King Tucker Carlson Says There is No Evidence QAnon Even Exists
QAnon played a major role in the January 6th insurrection on the Capitol. More than a few of the mob members could be seen wearing QAnon paraphernalia. Other insurrectionists could be seen waving QAnon flags. But Tucker Carlson has made a commitment to gaslighting his viewers, even if the evidence is right there in front…
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Lindsey Graham Says He and Trump are Strategizing on 2022 Mid-Terms
Donald Trump would very much like to be the future of the Republican party. He certainly has a lot of support. 43 senators just voted to acquit him during his impeachment trial. Over 150 congresspeople decided to join in on his election fight. But there are those that don’t want to see Trump be the…
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Report: Trump To Start Fundraising Again in an Effort To Defeat McConnell
Mitch McConnell doesn’t want Donald Trump to have anything to do with his party anymore. Trump was useful for a while. Wealthy people got a huge tax break and there are 3 new Conservative Supreme Court Justices. But in the Senate Minority Leaders’ mind, Trump just cost Republicans the Georgia runoffs. And McConnell is reportedly…
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Trump Appears on Newsmax, Won’t Say if He’s Running in 2024
Since the day he left the White House, Donald Trump has been relatively quiet. The Twitter ban, thankfully, has prevented him from easily communicating with his supporters and dissenters. But there were two recent events that brought Trump out from hiding. The first was the anti-Trump speech given by Mitch McConnell on Saturday. The other…
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Report: McConnell Laughed Off Trump Statement, Will Ignore Him Going Forward
Donald Trump has never let any slight, perceived or real, go unanswered. And this wasn’t just during his presidency, but during his entire business career. So when Mitch McConnell blasted the 45th president on Saturday, Trump was itching to reply. The former president was reportedly so mad that he had be talked out of including…
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WATCH: Fox Anchors Are Worried McConnell/Trump Feud Will Destroy the GOP and Dems Will Take Advantage
Donald Trump may have just led Republicans to losses in the House (2018) and the White House and Senate (2020/21), but he still wants complete control of the party. Mitch McConnell isn’t willing to give it up. This was clear this weekend when the Senate Minority Leader delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump following the…
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McConnell Claims He Was Defending the Constitution By Voting to Acquit Trump
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Republicans have long suggested that it is unconstitutional to impeach and hold a trial for a president who is no longer in office. McConnell, in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, claimed he was defending the Constitution by voting to acquit former President Donald Trump on…
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Kentucky Newspaper Says McConnell “Won’t Save His Beloved Legacy” After Voting to Acquit Trump
In a piece for The Lexington Herald-Leader, op-ed columnist Linda Blackford criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for voting to acquit former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection against Congress, writing that his speeches “won’t save his beloved legacy.” “McConnell gave a pass to white supremacy, a pass on attacking the U.S. Capitol….
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Opinion: As Impeachment Trial Begins, Let’s Remember The Republican History Of Big Lies
The “big lie” is not unique to Trump but rather constitutes a long-standing Republican tradition and political practice that, far from distinguishing itself from Trump’s governance, in fact enabled and even created it.
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Schumer and McConnell Reach Power-Sharing Deal, Securing Democratic Control of Committees
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have reached a power-sharing deal that secures Democratic control over committees in the upper chamber. The announcement comes after several weeks of negotiations. Schumer said the organizing resolution will be passed later today. Negotiations were tense at the start, with significant outrage…
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Taylor-Greene Hits Back at McConnell and Says She’s Visiting With Trump Soon
Over the last week, a few GOP lawmakers have been willing to call out Marjorie Taylor-Greene. The criticism came from the usual suspects, Adam Kinzinger and Mitt Romney. The party leadership, though, had largely stayed silent on the matter. That is until Mitch McConnell blasted the Georgia congresswoman in a Monday night statement. The Kentucky…
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Mitch McConnell Calls Taylor-Greene’s Conspiracy Theories a Cancer on the Country
Last week, videos emerged of Marjorie Taylor-Greene harassing student activists and hinting that Nancy Pelosi should be executed. This wasn’t new behavior from the QAnon believing, conspiracy theory spouting congresswoman. Kevin McCarthy had initially said that he would have a conversation with Greene about her rhetoric. But at the end of the day, the Georgia…
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Matt Gaetz Mocks Dick Cheney and Mitch McConnell in Visit to Liz Cheney’s Home State of Wyoming
Donald Trump is no longer the President and spends most of his time at his Mar-a-Lago club. He has also lost the use of his Twitter account, which was until recently, his favorite way to connect with his supporters. Still, the ex-President has his sycophants in Washington DC who are still pushing the message of…
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WATCH: Lou Dobbs Absolutely Destroys “Coward” Mitch McConnell
When Donald Trump was seeking the Republican nomination in 2016, Lindsey Graham delivered a warning to his party. “If we nominate Donald Trump,” the South Carolina senator tweeted, “we will get destroyed and we will deserve it.” It took quite a while for his prediction to come to pass, but it seems to be coming…
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Democrats Knock Down McConnell’s Attempt to Protect the Filibuster
Democrats knocked down Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s attempt to protect the filibuster as part of the Senate’s power-sharing deal. McConnell (R-Ky.) had wanted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to include protecting the filibuster in any deal they agree to on how to organize the evenly-split Senate. “We’re not going to give him what…
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LISTEN: Sean Hannity Calls For Mitch McConnell to Be Replaced as GOP Leader
For the last four years, Mitch McConnell has taken advantage of Donald Trump’s power. The Senate Majority Leader has been able to push through 3 Conservative Supreme Court Justices and pass a major tax cut. The Georgia run-off elections, though, showed that Trump is most likely a problem for the GOP going forward. McConnell now…
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WATCH: Lou Dobbs Says Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy Showed “Utter Disregard of the President’s Right to Loyalty”
Donald Trump will soon be out of the White House. He will, however, loom over the party for years to come. With Joe Biden in control, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are trying to keep their houses in order. Both McCarthy and McConnell have been willing to talk about…