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Posted on Sat, Aug 24th, 2019 by Sean Colarossi
Mitch McConnells Nightmare Continues As Kentucky Coal Miners Expose Him As A Fraud
Mitch McConnell might think he has the votes of coal miners locked down, but a new ad released by his Democratic opponent, Amy McGrath, shows that theyre mad as hell and ready to vote him out of office.
In the campaign spot, a coal miner explains how he and a group of other miners with black lung took a 10-hour bus ride to urge McConnell to save their disability benefits.
When the group of coal miners arrived, the Senate majority leader was only willing to spend a single minute with them.
My stepfather and grandfather died of black lung. Now I could lose my son, the man in the ad said. Mitch McConnell let the coal companies walk away from us, and then after one minute, he did too.
Link to tweet
The coal miner in the ad said:
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have been conning coal workers
With their campaign rallies touting their support for coal, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have been pulling a massive con job on coal workers. It takes more than wearing a hard hat and saying you dig coal to be an advocate for coal workers.
Not only have Trump and McConnell been dishonest when they say they can save the dying coal industry, but they are leaving workers behind, particularly when it comes to their health benefits and pensions.
Ultimately, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell dont care about coal workers. They care about coal companies. Thats a very different thing.
Mitch McConnell is a fraud, and the people of Kentucky and America are beginning to wake up to this reality.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)But.
It is engrain in the Republican conscious that anything besides a Republican politician and ideology is poison and evil.
MiniMe
(21,676 posts)That was back in 1966, and the coal company tried to screw my grandmother out of her benefits. He was about to retire, and they backdated his retirement date. My grandmother was in court for years over that.
Faux pas
(14,582 posts)with moscow mitch and putin's puppet.
IcyPeas
(21,742 posts)"Ultimately, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell dont care about coal workers. They care about coal companies. Thats a very different thing."
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)handmade34
(22,755 posts)I think I'll move to Kentucky so I can vote for her!!
Ligyron
(7,592 posts)If anyone can defeat that sleazy, corrupt turtle, it would probably be her
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Have already donated to the #ditchmitch campaign but plan to donate to Amy's campaign as well. I was going to wait until next week since I have maxed out on this week's donations, but I am thinking I'm going to give her a little something now.
Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)Here's one of Indivisible Kentucky's billboards (They are a grassroots outfit operating in Kentucky, and appear to target the coal industry voters)
https://indivisibleky.org/tag/billboard/
https://indivisibleky.org/mitch-is-bad-for-ky-billboard-launches-in-eastern-ky/
And here are Claude Taylor's Mad Dog PAC billboards:
Vinca
(50,170 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)Mad Dog Pac and Indivisible are the real deal and you see your donations put to good use.
Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)High marks for Mad Dog Pack for their mid-term work in California, although Devin Nunes might disagree.
Link to tweet
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)was created and supported by Claude Taylor who has a twitter feed who many on this very site have dissed and dismissed as a conspiracy theory site.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210124929
Whatever, he's doing good work!
Vinca
(50,170 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Mitch has got to go!
Karadeniz
(22,271 posts)Stuart G
(38,359 posts)for the following reasons:
1. Very easy to understand
2. Shows total and complete rudeness to constituents on McConnell's part
3. Heartbreaking because those who rode 10 hours were ill with lung disease
4. Those who rode the 10 hours worked in the coal mines...(very hard work in mines)
5. How does McConnell explain this? Has he explained this?
6. Lack of explanation by McConnell makes him look even worse. Proves he doesn't care.
7. He may retire, if he does not respond that could be a sign. He has seen enough
8. If he does indeed retire, and does not run for reelection, announcement could come in a few months.
9. No matter how you see McConnell, one thing is for sure, supporting Donald Trump is a very hard job. .
FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)If this doesn't get through to them, nothing will. Moscow Mitch is a pox on Kentucky.
There's only one cure - vote him out of office!
Stuart G
(38,359 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,038 posts)Small, local broadcast channel.
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)with something evil Mitch has done.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,260 posts)that continually sends Moscow Mitch back to the Senate will not be EZ.
calimary
(80,694 posts)Let's hope, anyway...
RainCaster
(10,679 posts)Let's send him to Russia 🇷🇺
bucolic_frolic
(42,673 posts)Don't let Mitch lie about this anymore. Mitch belongs to the Russian Party.
yardwork
(61,417 posts)gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)Moscow Mitch is a treasonous bastard.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)One of my relatives worked a career in pulmonary/respiratory medicine. After one of her patients had died of Black Lung, she wanted to see for herself what damage it had wreaked on the lungs. She obtained permission and attended the autopsy.
The lungs of that poor man were actually black, and the part of the lungs that is normally spongy-like (the alveoli) was as brittle as polystyrene and had all the elasticity of coral. His lungs were destroyed by working in coal mines for decades, starting at the age of 15. He literally died struggling to breathe.
That Bitch McConnell would turn his back on these men should tell you everything you need to know about him. He deserves no one's respect.
nycbos
(6,033 posts)I don't know about this. Kentucky loves Trump. Moscow Mitch will blame it on Obama and people will believe him.
mcar
(42,210 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,890 posts)Especially after becoming the "leader", he has subverted his duties as the so called leader.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,207 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)is not the people of Kentucky, nor Americans of any kind.
His constituency is money and those that have it, plain and simple.
He works for big money - that is his true constituency.
He gives not one shit about Americans or their plight.
We must fight, and defeat, this fraudster to have any hope for the 99%.
MasonDreams
(756 posts)And WE know it !! The fascists will be cheating big and WE know it !! The questionable results are stinking already, next year, there's going to be big trouble.
WE could put a large attempt at reform,at least, in the news and on the minds of our voters
When will this effort start?
Blue Owl
(49,916 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Thanks for the thread babylonsister.
oasis
(49,151 posts)calimary
(80,694 posts)is beyond me.
Mersky
(4,969 posts)They are gloriously BOLD.
The buttons will shout from my purse strap like beacons of truth. https://store.kydemocrats.org/
Made a bonus, one-time donation to McGrath on top of the monthly ones. Her newest ad does my heart some good.
https://amymcgrath.com/
Mad Dog Pac - I know their signs work. I know what it means to see a message that rarely gets uttered in some parts of the country. That those who would defy the prevailing powerful hypocrites are not alone. https://maddogpac.com/
All of it gets me fired-up (in a good way)! Yay!
ooky
(8,885 posts)Coal jobs back? Nope
Terrific health care? Nope
Tax Cuts? Not that they can actually see
They've gotten nothing but a pack of lies. Seems to make sense to me that they would want to give someone else a chance rather than keep voting for people who have done nothing except run up the debt while they enrich themselves.
But, but wait... they are "Republicans", and they might lose their "guns".