McConnell sending the entire senate home doesn't seem to be a particularly defensible decision

[Dennis Donovan]

Last edited Mon Mar 16, 2020, 09:53 PM - Edit history (1)

Link to tweet

Chris Hayes ✔@chrislhayes

McConnell sending the entire senate home and then heading back to Kentucky to join Brett Kavanaugh at a ceremony for a former clerk doesn't seem to be a particularly defensible decision, given where we are.

7:02 PM - Mar 16, 2020

-I edited the subject line - I read the tweet that McConnell did this last week. Still sucks that he did, though.

[Turbineguy]

1. His job is to do harm

he's doing his job.

[jimfields33]

9. The senate staffs are in jeopardy

Washington senator had a staffer get the virus. We need to protect them at least. I thought we were for shutting down everything until this passes. I’m having whiplash.

[Blue_true]

19. There is a critical piece of legistlation that needs to get worked out of Congress.

It relates completely to coronavirus damage mitigation. The lives of lots of people are at stake if that bill doesn't get resolved.

[CatWoman]

20. please see post 17

[Raven123]

2. Suspect he is afraid. Plans to hunker down in KY.

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. Should have passed the goddam legislation, then hunkered down.

Getting feedback from the stupid people who elected you in the first place is pretty easy to blow off when the integrity of the country is at stake.

He is as evil as Trump.

And fuck his recent judicial gaming of our federal judicial system. Pass legislation that approves the increasing the courts size and neutralize the RW attempt to destroy this countries roots.

[Elwood P Dowd]

15. So he left town without passing the coronavirus bill?

Man oh man, the press should be all over him for pulling that shit.

[OAITW r.2.0]

16. He let everyone down, but dammit, he got his regressive judges!

[at140]

3. The elected leaders should stay working making the difficult decisions

instead McConnell is running and hiding?

[sheshe2]

4. I hope the ceremony...

I hope the ceremony numbers a thousand devotees and that they all contract the virus, since they are the plague on this Nation.

[Roland99]

5. W T F ?!?!

[jls4561]

6. I is my understanding that the President can call a special session of Congress if he so chooses

Thought you said there was a national emergency, fat Donnie. Oh, that was just because the Dow was tanking?

[dustyscamp]

7. I bet Trump, Mcconnell and their cronies are secretly loving this virus

They love delays and distractions. I wish I could take everyone's suffering and make them receive it tenfold

[rufus dog]

10. At some point we need to strongly consider....

That he and tRump are doing exactly as instructed by Putin.

[2naSalit]

12. +1

suspected that all along.

[crickets]

14. +1

[rockfordfile]

11. A easy ad

Moscow Mitch

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Are they both going to put on beer bongs and have a chug-a-lug contest?

[CatWoman]

17. this happened on Friday

Mitch McConnell Slammed For Taking Weekend Off, Attending Event With Brett Kavanaugh As Coronavirus Bill Waits

https://www.inquisitr.com/5942641/mitch-mcconnell-coronavirus-bill/

[Dennis Donovan]

21. Ugh. I'm punchy from everything - I edited the subject line and OP

Thanks for the heads up!

[Snake Plissken]

18. I can almost guarantee you that a right wing think tank did some number crunching

And they determined that more Democrats in urban areas will die than Republicans in rural areas due to his inaction, so he's willing to kill them all to gain a voter advantage.

[Efilroft Sul]

22. Wait until corona gets to where rural hospitals have been closed.

Then it becomes a party.