Jeff Merkley: “It hasn’t surprised me too much in that we’ve seen this Mitch…”

On the recordJune 21, 2021

It hasn’t surprised me too much in that we’ve seen this Mitch McConnell play before. It’s kind of that split between principle and power politics.

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Jeff Merkley discusses the lack of Republican support for voting rights legislation and attributes it to Mitch McConnell's political strategy.

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