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edbermac

(15,939 posts)
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 01:45 PM Aug 2019

Mitch McConnell Wonders If He Could've Done More To Harm People In Private Sector

WASHINGTON—Reflecting on his 34-year career in Congress that led to his becoming the most powerful person in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly noted Wednesday that he couldn’t help but wonder sometimes if he could’ve done more to harm people in the private sector.

“Sure, I’ve been able to hurt a lot of everyday Americans during my time in the Senate carrying out the Republican Party’s destructive vision, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t sometimes ask myself whether I could’ve done more to increase suffering in this country if I’d worked as an oil lobbyist or mining sector CEO,” said McConnell, who admitted that he often lies awake at night pondering the lives he could’ve ruined if he hadn’t entered the public sector at such a young age.

“Now, of course, I’m in a position where I can offer grave harm and ruin to tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of people, but I think of the early years when I didn’t have as much power in Congress and imagine myself making more of a difference crippling the futures of people on a state or local level. I’m proud of using my public service to cause as much pain and suffering as possible, of course, but there’s a part that always gnaws at me, wondering whether I could’ve done more in a career as a defense sector executive or pharmaceutical tycoon. At the end of the day, I just hope I’ve done enough.”

McConnell also said that he sometimes wondered what it would be like to work hard and become a self-made man rather than marrying into money.

https://politics.theonion.com/mitch-mcconnell-wonders-if-he-could-ve-done-more-to-har-1837034587/amp?__twitter_impression=true

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Mitch McConnell Wonders If He Could've Done More To Harm People In Private Sector (Original Post) edbermac Aug 2019 OP
I love the Onion Gothmog Aug 2019 #1
When real life gets this absurd, satire and irony are meaningless... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #2
I could easily see McConnell saying something like that. rurallib Aug 2019 #3
Almost got me there.... Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2019 #4
Your reply is funnier than the Onion's article. Sad but true. Left-over Aug 2019 #5
Trump has screwed people in the private sector his whole life IronLionZion Aug 2019 #6

IronLionZion

(45,438 posts)
6. Trump has screwed people in the private sector his whole life
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 10:34 PM
Aug 2019

and decided he could do more damage as president.

McConnell knows he probably would not be successful in the private sector. Obstruction is a skill valued in government, not business. So Republicans are definitely embodying all they claim to hate about government inefficiency since they block progress every chance they get.

Republican candidates always campaign that government won't help, and then they get elected and prove it.

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