McConnell Forced To Counter Scott’s GOP Agenda Amid Criticisms

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) aggressively countered Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) 11-point plan Tuesday as Democrats continue to hammer the party for its tax proposal. 


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Dems in disarray…bad news for Biden

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you beat me to it.

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Kill granny and tax the poor more so corporate america and the obscenely wealthy can continue to skate. Might even be a hard sell among the fascist base.

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Welp…Ol’ Skel fucked up on this one. Must be masochists who elected him, given what he is all about, past, present, future…

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Nonsense. The GQP will outline the plan as Freedom! and Personal Responsibility! and Job Creators!! The rubes will lap it up and tap their meager retirement accounts to support the agenda.

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Waiting for the overdue MSM article on divisions in Rethug party.

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tumbleweed

No, they’re just counting on him hurting … you know, those other folks, harder than he’s gonna hurt them.

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What retirement accounts?

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McConnell ain’t getting anywhere near that 3rd rail. Scott is an idiot.

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Notwithstanding what happened to Gillum, we should have taken both the Governorship and the Senate seat.

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I can now see that nothing will get done untill the 2024 election is over then we can do nothing untill the 2028 election is over…

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Let’s see, the MAGA base is made up primarily of middle class and lower middle class older people. Yep raising their taxes and ending their Social Security and Medicare is going to get their attention. And not in a good way. W made a proposal to privatize Social Security. He had to dial it back after the Senior Citizens almost revolted on the Republican party.

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meh. They’ll vote for racism and hatred any day, over their own interests. It’s been demonstrated every time a GQP wins election.

Though the Dems need to beat it like Bengazi!11!!!

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Hasn’t Mitch LOST CONTROL of his party???

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Self-enslavement by GOP voters enabling an out-of-control 1% has always been a sure-fire validation of the idea that emotion (against perceived enemies) drives their political participation.

Policy a distant second.

I have seen GOP base voters actually go against Chamber of Commerce types of pols who have put forth ideas less repressive

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“I think Republican senators would hope that Rick Scott would stay focused right now on the job of being the chairman of the Senate election committee,” he told reporters.

Sen. Blunt then concluded by saying, “Bless his heart.”

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How is this Medicare fraudster still in office? He’s like Ted Cruz, no charisma, not likable, and devoid of any redeeming qualities.

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McConnell’s ticked off that Scott said the quiet stuff out loud.

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Putting a scorpion in charge of river crossings…

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