Mitch McConnell is no more credible than Donald Trump -- but the press sucks up to him

[marmar]

Mitch McConnell is no more credible than Donald Trump — but the press sucks up to him
Beltway reporters natter on about the "problem" of "dysfunction" — a problem overwhelmingly caused by one man

By DAN FROOMKIN
DECEMBER 20, 2020 5:46PM


Now that Donald Trump is down and almost out, our major media news organizations seem to have finally acknowledged that nothing that comes out of his mouth can be trusted. They no longer consider him credible — not only about the election results, but also about the pandemic and its devastating economic consequences. His astonishing lack of empathy is now accepted as a given, as is the fact that he is exclusively interested in himself.

But what of Mitch McConnell? Yes, after six weeks, the Senate majority leader finally acknowledged the results of the election. But is what he is saying about the pandemic and the economy any more credible than what Trump is saying? Are his utterly transparent motives any less venal?

Unlike Trump, McConnell really matters right now. After singlehandedly holding up a second stimulus package for seven agonizing months (the House passed a big one in May) McConnell is suddenly responding to political expediency (Republican Senate races in Georgia upon which his hold on power depends) by allowing a vote on a wildly meager one.

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Amazingly, it doesn't even seem to matter to congressional reporters that McConnell has provided no cogent argument for why he's blocking desperately needed aid. He doesn't need to explain! It's just taken as a given. As I wrote last week, the absolutely unparalleled, truly radical obstructionism by McConnell and his caucus has become normalized — even internalized — by the congressional press corps. ............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2020/12/20/mitch-mcconnell-is-no-more-credible-than-donald-trump--but-the-press-sucks-up-to-him/

[JI7]

1. Yes, And McConnell is a bigger threat in many ways

[abqtommy]

2. Haven't we figured out by now that the U.S. MSM is the best friend tRUMP and the reTHUGS

ever had?

[Mike Nelson]

3. If he were a Democrat...

... we'd be hearing a lot of dirt about the McConnells and China. Now, there couldn't possibly be and dirt on the nice couple of super-wealthy Republicans, could there?