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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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Apr 6, 2021

We are jeopardizing the future of this country by continuing to engage in this kind of deficit spending. I can't imagine that's going to be very appealing to many Republicans.

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Apr 6, 2021

My warning, if you will, to corporate America is to stay out of politics. It`s not what you`re designed for.

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Apr 6, 2021

CEOs aren`t siding with any political party, they side with business.

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Apr 6, 2021

Money is speech, but speech is not speech.

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Apr 6, 2021

I mean, there`s no one more invested in corporations being involved in politics than Mitch McConnell.

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Apr 6, 2021

I`m not talking about political contributions. Most of them contribute to both sides. They have political action committee, that`s fine. It`s legal, it`s appropriate. I support that.

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Apr 6, 2021

I think this is quite stupid to jump in the middle of a highly controversial issue.

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Apr 6, 2021

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says corporations should stay the heck out of politics but keep the money coming to the GOP.

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Apr 5, 2021

Republicans buy stock and fly on planes and drink Coca Cola, too. So, what I'm saying here is I think this is quite stupid to jump in the middle of a highly controversial issue particularly when they got their facts wrong.

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Apr 5, 2021

It’s critically important for all conservatives, and, indeed, all Americans to stand up and unite in defense of the freedom to organize around the causes we believe that. The bulwark of this freedom is, of course, the First Amendment.

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Apr 5, 2021

If he really wants to take on corporate America he should pass the For the People Act, which would cut down on corporate lobbies to get rid of dark money.

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Apr 5, 2021

Mitch McConnell is defending bills that are predicated on a fundamental lie, which is that there was fraud in the last election.

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Apr 5, 2021

My advice to the corporate CEOs of America is to stay out of politics. If I were running a major corporation, I’d stay out of politics.

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Apr 4, 2021

It is described as an infrastructure bill, but as I listen to it and looked at what was being advocated here, it was another round of massive spending.

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Apr 4, 2021

a host of powerful people institutions apparently think they stand to benefit from parroting this big lie.

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Apr 4, 2021

My advice to the corporate CEOs of America is to stay out of politics. Don’t pick sides in these big fights.

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Apr 2, 2021

The no serious threats against the Capitol. With all this razor wire around the complex, it reminds me of my last visit to Kabul.

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Apr 1, 2021

There had been no serious threats against the Capitol. I think we`re way overreacting to the current need. I`m extremely uncomfortable with the fact that my constituents can`t come to the Capitol with all of this razor wire around the…

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Apr 1, 2021

That package that they`re putting together now, as much as we would like to address infrastructure is not going to get support from our side.

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Apr 1, 2021

There will be no Republican votes for the infrastructure bill.

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Apr 1, 2021

the defenses around the Capitol, which have largely been removed now, but said, it reminded him of being in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Apr 1, 2021

We`ve been friends for a long time. He`s a first-rate person. Nevertheless, this is a bold, left wing administration. And I`m going to fight them every step of the way.

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Apr 1, 2021

Democrats instead can focus on negotiating among themselves, which, if anything, this $2 trillion package might get even bigger.

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