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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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Jun 9, 2021

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Jun 9, 2021

We have, of course, renewed the Voting Rights Act periodically, since that time, overwhelmingly and on a bipartisan basis, year after year after year, because members of Congress realized that this is a piece of legislation that has worked.

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Jun 8, 2021

Today`s report is one of the many reasons I`m confident in the ability of existing investigations to uncover all actionable facts.

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Jun 8, 2021

There`s no threat to the Voting Rights Law. It`s against the law to discriminate and voting on the basis of race already. And so, I think it`s unnecessary.

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Jun 8, 2021

They just refused to consider President Obama’s nominees to be judges.

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Jun 8, 2021

They would only confirm judges nominated by a Republican president.

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Jun 8, 2021

Today’s report is one of the many reasons I’m confident in the ability of existing investigations to uncover all actionable facts about the events of January 6.

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Jun 8, 2021

If you look to what the majority are has in mind for June, pretty clear the era bipartisanship is over.

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Jun 8, 2021

The era of bipartisanship is over

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Jun 8, 2021

It`s against the law to discriminate and voting on the basis of race already. And so I think it`s unnecessary.

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Jun 8, 2021

They refused even hold a confirmation hearing for him.

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Jun 7, 2021

People who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their President, and having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories and…

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Jun 7, 2021

There`s no threat to the voting rights law. It`s against the law to discriminate in voting on the basis of race already, and so I think it`s unnecessary.

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Jun 6, 2021

Senator McConnell said it was an insurrection that very day.

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Jun 4, 2021

Remember, one of the first things Mitch McConnell Senate did in 2017, right, when they had unified control government was to abolish the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees in order to end the Democratic filibuster of Neil Gorsuch.

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Jun 3, 2021

This excess bonus that makes it not irrational for people to conclude it`s just as profitable to stay home as to go back to work.

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Jun 2, 2021

One hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new administration.

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Jun 2, 2021

Another layer of investigation, in my view, doesn’t add anything. We were all witnesses to it. I was there. We all know exactly what happened.

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Jun 2, 2021

I don’t think any of these efforts at the state level are designed to suppress the vote based upon race. I don’t see it and if you read the bills, you wouldn’t see it either.

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Jun 1, 2021

100 percent of my focus is on standing up to this administration.

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May 31, 2021

More than 100 scholars who study democracy for a living have issued a frantic warning. They write that anti-voting initiatives 'are transforming several states into political systems that no longer meet the minimum conditions for free and…

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May 27, 2021

Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy, the leaders in the House and Senate have decided that in order to regain power in Congress, they've got to focus on one thing and one thing alone, Biden and Biden's agenda.

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May 27, 2021

there is no question, none, that President Trump was practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of January 6th.

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May 27, 2021

I think the basic goal of our democratic friends is to keep re litigating in public what happened back on January 6, rather than getting to a quick solution through arrest of those who did it and security adjustments to make sure it never…

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May 27, 2021

What I think we ought to do is complete the investigation and found out -- find out what exactly happened.

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