Discussion: McConnell On Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters: 'We Will Not Be Intimidated By These People'

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No Mitch, it’s the purest distillation of We The People.

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“There is no chance in the world they are going to scare us out of doing our duty,” he said.

Good. They’re actually trying to scare him into doing his duty.

And they shouldn’t even have to do that.

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Of course the GOP won’t. Protestors don’t contribute enough money or write enough “position papers” to get noticed.

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Democracy McConnell. And, exactly what do you think your “duty” is? Pushing alcoholic, lying, sexual predators onto the Supreme Court? You are a disgusting excuse for a human being.

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I mean, did you see that angry, shouting, crying man trying to bully Senators last Thursday?!

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Shorter McConnell: We will not represent our constituents!

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By “these people” does he mean victims/survivors of sexual assault?

Surely he isn’t that tone deaf.

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McConnell those people you so cavliarity ignore are your bosses.

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“I won’t be intimidated! I’m a big, strong man!”

-Breaks arm trying to open pickle jar-

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Absolutely agree. And you, Mitch, will not bully us into not exercising our rights to protest. You compromised, hypocritical POS.

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Duty to whom, Mitch?

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What he is really saying: It isn’t YOUR role to do the intimidating - it is OUR/MY role to Intimidate/Dominate.

Aka - fall in line little women no one cares about you.

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Pfft, Republicans. Always the victims.

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The beatings will continue until morale improves.

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“There is no chance in the world they are going to scare us out of doing our duty,” he said.

“We are already scared out of our minds by our crazy base. You all have nothing on them.”

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This is what the start of a revolution looks like, Yertle…

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Sooo voting on a Supreme Court nomination is now a “duty”? Was it somehow not a “duty” in 2016?

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“We will not be intimidated by these people.”

Which is why we run away from them at the speed of light and hide in the bathroom.

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Pussy. You should never be able to eat in peace in DC ever again.

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