/ Sen. Mitch McConnell

Moscow Mitch

Block, Block, Block

Moscow Mitch blocked bills to limit foreign governments’ interference with our elections while he was Majority Leader, not even allowing them to have a vote.  He blocked funding for states to secure their election equipment in advance of the 2020 election.  He shot down having paper ballot backups that would allow for a paper trail and ability to accurately audit elections.  He denied imposing financial sanctions on financial institutions and countries that are complicit in trying to corrupt our elections.  He didn’t give our government the authority to take retaliatory actions against nations interfering with elections.  I guess we know where Moscow Mitch’s loyalties lie.

Packing the Court

When conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death was announced in February of 2016, McConnell announced that the next president should fill the seat.  President Obama had 11 months left is his term.  This obstructionism was unprecedented and lead the way for one of the most conservative courts of our time.  Old Mitch really put party over country that time.  He has threatened to not allow any Supreme Court nomination to move through the Senate if he gets the Gavel in 2022.

Every man, woman and child for themselves

When President Biden, Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi pressed for much needed additional COVID relief and presented the American Rescue Plan, McConnell twisted arms and secured all Senate Republicans to vote against the relief package.  He led Republicans in the Senate to vote against:

• support for small businesses,
• extended unemployment benefits for those suffering from the economic downturn,
• lower health insurance premiums,
• earned-income and child and dependent care tax credits,
• money to support schools, police and firefighters. 

McConnell chose partisan politics over the good of the nation yet again.