Why is McConnell pushing Dems to shut up about election security?

[CousinIT]

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-mcconnell-pushing-dems-shut-about-election-security-n1240420

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has heard Democrats repeatedly raise concerns about election security, and he's apparently tired of it. The Hill reported yesterday that the GOP leader actually accused Dems of helping our enemies by failing to acknowledge improvements to our election-security systems.

In a four-page letter to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), McConnell wrote that Democrats are "sowing the kind of divisions" in U.S. society about the Democratic process that the leaders of Russia and China have aimed to do by expressing repeated concerns around the security of elections.

The Republican leader, who's up for re-election this year, pointed specifically to Democratic emphasis on Russia intervening on Donald Trump's behalf and U.S. Postal Service delays, among other things.

"This endless parade of partisan hysteria has furthered our adversaries' goals to a degree that Putin, Xi, and mullahs in Tehran can scarcely dream of achieving themselves," McConnell wrote.

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Four years ago, McConnell was warned about unprecedented Russian attacks on our electoral system. He not only didn't care at the time, by some accounts, the Kentucky Republican fell asleep during the briefing.

In the years that followed, several senators have tried to pass new legislation -- including some bipartisan measures -- intended to help bolster the domestic system. McConnell rejected them.

[pwb]

1. Pukes are all Putins puppet men.

He has a grasp on all of them.

[soothsayer]

5. Sure are selling the "everyone but Russia" line of bs

Effing assets. Why are they allowed in our government??

[Leith]

2. He figures he may as well try that tired old excuse again

since he didn't get enough backlash the last time.

That gives us Democrats the perfect reason to question why he is NOT taking it seriously. What is he hiding?

[Bev54]

3. Because it is a reminder to all that he has refused to bring to the floor

any of the bills to do with election security.

[Thekaspervote]

13. This

[Sneederbunk]

4. Moscow Mitch no like being exposed.

[gohuskies]

6. Dems need to ignore Moscow Mitch

This traitor is rotten to the core, eff him.

[DBoon]

7. because he is bought by the Russians

[crickets]

11. 👆👆👆

[stillcool]

8. He wants to keep a majority...

and he's up for re-election. He needs help. Foreign help.

[SoonerPride]

9. Because he, like trump, is a traitor. MOSCOW MITCH is Putin's bitch.

for real.

[Dem2]

10. He's embarrassed by the president and wants to control the message

He's clearly worried that his boy in the WH can't control the urge to lash out at people who challenge his power.

[BComplex]

12. All of the indications from Les and Igor were that ALL the republicans took money from Russia in

2016. That's why mitch won't mention russian interference; he's their bitch just like trump, giuliani and all the other republicans.