Wake up, Mitch !! You sleepy son of a bitch!

[kentuck]

They're ripping up your Constitution and destroying your country.

Don't you think it's about time you take a stand?

It's not funny anymore.

[dalton99a]

1. "Much cleverer and smoother than a transparent buffoon like Devin Nunes"

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/06/28/mitch-mcconnells-sinister-role-in-the-russian-hacks/
Mitch McConnell’s Sinister Role in the Russian Hacks
With the normalization of Trump’s antics, it is unfortunately all too easy to overlook the sheer rottenness of Mitch McConnell.
by Mike Lofgren
June 28, 2017

...

Now, eight months since the election, the Post has published the fullest account to date on the Obama administration’s discovery of the Russian hacking and its early, fumbling attempts to respond. It reiterates the Republican role in pushing back against the revelation of Russian interference, and McConnell’s role in particular...

The gambit paid off for him personally. After the election, Trump duly nominated Elaine Chao, McConnell’s wife, to become secretary of transportation. That is a position which will surely offer lucrative post-government opportunities for the person administering Trump’s giveaway of public infrastructure to private interests.

Although much cleverer and smoother than a transparent buffoon like House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes, McConnell has been just as diligent in attempting to protect Trump from the repercussions of the Russian hacks. From the beginning, he has resisted the creation of a special committee with cross-jurisdictional powers to investigate the Russian matter. And when Trump fired FBI director Comey, he was quick to reject calls for an independent investigation of that matter (fortunately, Deputy Attorney General Rodney Rosenstein appointed a special council anyway).

In view of unrefuted witness statements that he derailed a plea for bipartisan denunciation of Russian interference in U.S. elections, a political reward to his spouse from a president at the center of that interference, and a pattern of repeatedly deflecting calls for an independent investigation of the issue, it would seem that Mitch McConnell is deeply enmeshed in what is at best a complete betrayal of public trust, and at worst, treason. When will our media start demanding answers from him?

[kentuck]

4. Mitch could call for a vote to protect the Special Counsel at any time.

Yet, he does nothing. He just lets it simmer.

He could do a lot to help our country at this time but he does nothing.

[FM123]

6. Yup! "The sheer rottenness of Mitch McConnell"

[CrispyQ]

15. I hate McConnell most of all. -nt

[FM123]

2. I think Mitch is compromised too, I remember this old Dallas News article from last year

"During the 2015-2016 election season, Ukrainian-born billionaire Leonard "Len" Blavatnik contributed $6.35 million to leading Republican candidates and incumbent senators. Mitch McConnell was the top recipient of Blavatnik's donations, collecting $2.5 million for his GOP Senate Leadership Fund under the names of two of Blavatnik's holding companies, Access Industries and AI Altep Holdings, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org."

"Blavatnik's relationships with Russian oligarchs close to Putin, particularly Oleg Deripaska, should be worrisome for Trump and the six GOP leaders who took Blavatnik's money during the 2016 presidential campaign. Lucky for them no one has noticed. Yet."

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[Stuart G]

7. + 2

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. I think McConnell knew the fix was in

It would take a mountain of evidence to convince me McConnell did not know about election meddling (and probable rigging) when he was holding up Merrick Garland.

He's dirty.

[WhiteTara]

12. I remember this well.

He is a traitor, not some hapless senator who is confused about Russia's role in the theft of our election.

[duforsure]

3. Ryan and McConnell's silence

is deafening .

[samplegirl]

8. Turtle boy

take a stand???😝😝😝😝 Never gonna happen!

[WhiteTara]

13. Oh, indeed he took a stand. He stands for Putin. nt

[UCmeNdc]

9. Fu+K You Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

10. Wait...

Russia is being destroyed?

[tavernier]

14. He couldnt be happier.

He and his family have “accrued” more wealth than they will ever need, regardless of which country (or crazy) ends up ruling over the USA.

[MineralMan]

16. McConnell is as much a traitor as Trump.

Don't look to him for relief. It won't come.

[smirkymonkey]

17. Is it possible that Mitch and Ryan could be indicted before Trump?

Wouldn't that change things a bit? I'm not sure if it could happen, but I think it would really help to move things along.