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Mitch McConnell: “Yesterday, he invoked the bloody disunion of the Civil War, the Civil War, to demonize Americans who disagree with him.…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2022
Yesterday, he invoked the bloody disunion of the Civil War, the Civil War, to demonize Americans who disagree with him. He compared -- listen to this -- a bipartisan majority of senators to literal traitors. How profoundly, profoundly unpresidential.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

McConnell expresses outrage over Biden's speech that he believes unfairly demonizes dissenters.

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