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Mitch McConnell

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Mitch McConnell is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a position he has held since 1985. A member of the Republican Party, McConnell has played a significant role in shaping legislative priorities and has served as the Senate Majority Leader since January 2015. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in key policy areas including healthcare, tax reform, and judicial appointments. McConnell is known for his strategic leadership and has been a prominent figure in national politics, particularly during contentious legislative battles.

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Sep 17, 2021

Senator Mitch McConnell he already said he`s going to block any nominee that President Biden puts forward before 2024, and we`d have to, quote, 'wait and see', right?

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Sep 17, 2021

President Trump`s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.

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Sep 14, 2021

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has already said his party will not support a federal voting rights bill, which could provide political cover for President Joe Biden to move ahead with a public push to actually just reform the filibuster…

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Sep 14, 2021

None of them. Not one is designed to suppress the vote based upon race.

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Sep 13, 2021

I expect zero Republicans to vote for the bill.

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Aug 31, 2021

Honestly, my friends, it never occurred to me that we`d have a challenge getting people to take the vaccine.

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Aug 31, 2021

We`re less safe as a result of this self-inflicted wound. This was an unforced error. A foreign policy, blunder, gargantuan proportion.

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Aug 25, 2021

The fact is that 90 percent of the people in the hospitals in Kentucky and around the country have one thing in common. They`re unvaccinated. So, if you know somebody is not vaccinated, for goodness sake, get vaccinated.

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Aug 17, 2021

But for those who thought it was important to get out, at least it`s important to have a plan. This has been an absolute debacle and an embarrassment of staying on the reputation of United States of America.

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Aug 11, 2021

I think the President deserves a lot of credit for getting the democrats open to reaching a bipartisan agreement on this bill.

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Aug 10, 2021

If I’m still the majority leader of the Senate, think of me as the Grim Reaper. None of that stuff is going to pass, none of it.

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Aug 4, 2021

They were counting on this terrible, but temporary pandemic to be their Trojan horse for permanent socialism.

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Aug 2, 2021

This is an extremely important bipartisan bill. To try to truncate an amendment process on something of this magnitude I think is a mistake.

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Aug 2, 2021

Our full consideration of this bill must not be choked off by any artificial timetable that our Democratic colleagues may have penciled out for political purposes.

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Aug 1, 2021

Our full consideration of this bill must not be choked off by any artificial timetable that our Democratic colleagues may have penciled out for political purposes.

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Jul 29, 2021

Yesterday, I joined a number of my Republican and Democratic colleagues and voted to begin floor consideration of bipartisan compromise legislation for our nation`s infrastructure. Our country would benefit a whole lot from some targeted…

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Jul 29, 2021

It`s guaranteed to be the kind of legislation that no member on either side of the aisle will think is perfect. But it`s an important basic duty of government. I`m glad to see these discussions making progress.

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Jul 28, 2021

If you haven't been vaccinated, do the right thing for you or your family and get vaccinated right now. It's nothing short of a modern medical miracle.

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Jul 22, 2021

These shots need to get in everybody`s arm as rapidly as possible or we`re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don`t yearn for that we went through last year.

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Jul 20, 2021

This is not complicated. Ninety-seven percent of the people who were in the hospital now with COVID are unvaccinated, so if there's anybody out there willing to listen, get vaccinated.

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Jul 20, 2021

We need shots in everybody's arm, or we're going to be back in a situation like the fall.

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Jul 19, 2021

These shots need to get in everybody`s arm as rapidly as possible, or we`re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don`t yearn for it. I want to encourage everybody to do that and to ignore all of these other voices that are…

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Jul 13, 2021

Senator Mitch McConnell, who has been telling a lot of people to get vaccinated citing his own personal experience with polio and saying that, yes, vaccines do work.

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Jul 13, 2021

A speech that was set in an alternate universe. The most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War? Really? What utter nonsense.

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Jul 11, 2021

Trump loved this. He loved what happened on January 6, because it was all about him.

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