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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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Jan 11, 2021

Mitch McConnell telling associates he is pleased with impeachment, and he thinks it will help him purge Donald Trump from the Republican Party.

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Jan 11, 2021

believes Trump committed impeachable offenses

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Jan 10, 2021

the Democrats are going to take care of the son of a -- the SOB for us

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Jan 8, 2021

If the House did impeach President Trump, he would not have the Senate start working on the trial of President Trump until January 19th, the day before Biden is sworn in as president.

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Jan 8, 2021

the two wins in Georgia mean that Senator Mitch McConnell will lose his job as majority leader because the Senate will be split 50-50 and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris will hold the tiebreaker.

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Jan 7, 2021

A few legal inquiries from the president do not exactly spell the end of the republic.

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Jan 6, 2021

After Mitch McConnell, was so moved to call it an insurrection the floor of the Senate.

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Jan 5, 2021

We will not bow to lawlessness or intimidation. We are back at our post. We will discharge our duty under the Constitution and for our nation, and we're going to do it tonight.

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Jan 5, 2021

They tried to disrupt our democracy. They failed. They failed. They failed to attempt to obstruct the Congress. This failed insurrection only underscores how crucial the task before us is for our Republic.

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Dec 31, 2020

Mitch McConnell is articulating the noble ideals and words, but he is falling short on their follow through.

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Dec 31, 2020

If he can fall that far, I mean, this guy was against -- he was for having sanctions on South Africa.

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Dec 31, 2020

Mitch McConnell is tone deaf but he is color blind in the worst sense of the fashion, in the worst sense of the word.

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Dec 31, 2020

He refuses to acknowledge that black continues to be a thing that generates such deep and profound opposition.

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Dec 31, 2020

Mitch McConnell gives life and breath to the very denunciation of blackness that Donald Trump has been so vehemently denounced for.

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Dec 31, 2020

Mitch McConnell is showing us that diversity by itself without equity, without justice, means nothing.

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Dec 31, 2020

Mitch McConnell is one sense unwitting, but in another sense, a conscious accomplice in refusing racial progress in nation.

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Dec 31, 2020

The real politics in McConnell's orbit are whiteness, the worship of whiteness at the altar of whiteness.

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Dec 31, 2020

Blocking the John Lewis bill on voting rights from getting to the floor, blocking people from getting rent relief, people are hungry, people are standing in food lines.

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Dec 30, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden

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Dec 30, 2020

The Senate is not going to split apart with three issues that President Trump wound together just because Democrats are afraid to address two of them.

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Dec 30, 2020

The center is not going to be bullied into rushing out more borrowed money into the hands of democrat or rich friends who don't need help.

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Dec 29, 2020

For the first time in my memory, I agree with Nancy Pelosi. I am indeed the Grim Reaper.

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Dec 29, 2020

Let's weigh this very carefully, because the future of our country in terms of the amount of debt that we're adding up is a matter of genuine concern.

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Dec 29, 2020

For the brave men and women of the United States, armed forces, failure is simply not an option. So when it's our turn in Congress to have their backs, failure is not an option either.

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Dec 23, 2020

denying relief cash that might make Christmas huge.

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