NYT: McConnell Trying To Scuttle COVID Relief Deal To Uphold Rushed SCOTUS Confirmation

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is reportedly trying to hamper the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill, fearing that bringing it to a vote before Election Day will complicate his efforts to rush Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1339651

By all means, please proceed Moscow Mitch. Don’t let a few thousand more people being made homeless or children going hungry stand in the way of seating another partisan hack on the Supreme Court.

I only hope I live long enough to see your sorry ass booted to the curb and then rotting in Hell.

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Mitch McConnell, what a patriot, already trying to hamstring the Biden administration by making sure the Trump depression is as deep and long as possible. It’s 2008 all over again!

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He is not at all concerned that Americans are suffering due to Covid. 220,000+ Americans have died from Covid. He is without any morals.

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Compassionate conservatism in action.
Or, is that passe in the new order?

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Every now and then a man comes along who is good at something which is harmful, but “institutional” enough that people say, “that’s just _______being ______”.

With McConnell, his predilections, ideology, greed, purpose and skill have resulted in him being a soulless, genocidal** murderer.

** a step beyond Mass Murderer…more people (even with the business suit, which seems to inoculate Old WM from scrutiny…and I am serious about the business suit. Imagine Moscow McConnell with peaked cap, uniform and jackboots)

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That last line seems particularly weird. Are “fiscally conservative” aka racist voters really not going to vote for a republican senator because the senator didn’t kill enough brown people and liberals?

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It’s so sad to hear about all these incredibly selfish people potentially disagreeing with one another. :sob:

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Meanwhile, Pope Francis is trolling Amy Barrett.

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Mitch when something needs to be done to help Americans:

tortoise

Mitch when a judge needs confirmation:

hare

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He’s been trying to scuttle it since May. Senate GOPs aren’t interested. They think Trump is gonna lose and they’re just trying to save their Senate Majority.

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Only one of the two major papers in Kentucky reported this story. And it wasn’t the Courier Journal:

https://www.kentucky.com/latest-news/article246599988.html
Kudos to the Lexington Herald Leader. They also endorsed McGrath on the 12th.

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Justice Handmaid’s Tale is fine with second-class citizenship.

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He certainly was not showing any compassion in the debate with McGrath.

Rather, he was, as Trump does, laughing at his constituents.

Laughing at them.

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This fucking guy.

I truly hope to outlive this scumbag, so that on that day I can throw a party.

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McTurtle is in a spot. Nancy’s playing this perfectly. She knew this is exactly what would happen as long as possible stimulus negotiation continues.

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I’m really curious who tattled on him.

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When his days are numbered in the Senate, this guy is going to need full use of his blubbering turtle neck to look back and see if someone or something is following him.

A disgusting waste of skin.

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Apparently the Turtle is unable to do two things at the same time.

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They’re trying to sabotage the Biden Presidency.

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