I hate mcconnell even more now.

[catbyte]

Link to tweet

Mitch McConnell had polio as a child and received free tx at Warm Springs, Ga. at a facility set up by FDR and funded by the March of Dimes. So, why does he treat the poor so badly and why is he opposed to health care for all?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. A true hypocrite like Paul Ryan who grew up with Soc Security benefits.

After Ryan’s father passed away, he saved Social Security survivor’s benefits to pay for attending Miami University.

[Captain_New_York]

6. Ryan didn't need the money for college

His father was a lawyer and grandfather a millionaire contractor from Wisconsin state highways. The money was his party fund

[RockRaven]

2. "I got mine, so fuck you" -- that's why

It is that simple.

Republicans are just sociopaths. There is no line of reasoning or evidence which will make them behave in a non-harmful manner. They can only be marginalized.

[lastlib]

13. He (they) sold his (their) soul(s) for gold....

Sociopaths, yes. Self-centered, yes. As my hero, John Kenneth Galbraith observed, "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."

[SharonAnn]

17. Yep, "I got mine ..."

[BamaRefugee]

21. Just what I was about to type! This is it exactly.

[a kennedy]

3. Snoops anyone??? I hate these headlines, and have they've been checked??

[Drahthaardogs]

5. McConnell had polio

And has issues walking and standing. It's common knowledge

[lunatica]

4. The only response I can think of is he felt shame

In many people shame turns into bitterness and hatred. I also think his nerdy look was another source of embarrassment and shame. So now he’s really pissed off at the world and so he’s joined the ranks of the bullies to get even. Like many cowards he only destroys those who are at a disadvantaged.

[handmade34]

7. fact check...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-polio-government-healthcare/

The Warm Springs center that helped in Mitch McConnell’s recovery was indeed founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was President at the time McConnell was struck by the disease, in 1944. Roosevelt was the driving force behind both the Warm Springs Foundation and its successor, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and used his political office to energetically promote fundraising for polio care and research. The funding came from the kindness and charity of the public, as well as wealthy celebrities and large corporations.

However, it was operated as an innovative, nationwide nonprofit organization, not a federal or state agency, and it was not taxpayer or government-funded. The Warm Springs center visited by McConnell remained owned and operated by a nonprofit organization until 1974, when the state of Georgia took it over, making it truly government-run. Since 2014, it has been owned and operated by Augusta University.

[Celerity]

8. this will not work with Rethugs, as it was all through private funds, this tweet is a recasting of

another one earlier that was simply not true.


https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-polio-government-healthcare/




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[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Because he is a narcissist

And does not care and cannot feel ashamed.

[BigmanPigman]

10. They all pull up the ladder once they are up on top.

Typical hypocritical GOP behavior.

[UTUSN]

11. K&R

[LeftInTX]

12. He needs to get coronavirus

[IronLionZion]

14. Politifact

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/29/facebook-posts/no-mitch-mcconnell-was-not-cured-polio-child-becau/

McConnell is a POS for many reasons but this isn't quite one of them.

[ALBliberal]

16. Paul Ryan: received social security throughout college

They are all: I GOT MINE F’K you!

[GarColga]

18. In 2017, McConnell refused to meet with representatives of the March of Dimes.

One of the biggest a-holes of all time.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3zbmz/mitch-mcconnell-polio-refused-march-of-dimes-meeting-over-senate-health-bill

[certainot]

19. they're republicans....

[Dan]

20. Why hate Moscow Mitch?

He is true to what he is - and this has been well established now.

Hate the ignorance and stupidity of the educational system of Kentucky that rewards people like Mitch.

Hate the racism that is part and parcel of Kentucky - and a major part of who Moscow Mitch is.

Hate the parts of this nation, the sickness that is within - that blinds us to the evil that lurks within our borders.

Hate Moscow Mitch, no, he is just a symptom of the failure of our nation to morally grow.