McConnell says Republicans are done working with Biden on jobs before they start

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By Josh Israel -May 3, 2021 1:02 PM
And he wants the plan to be much smaller than what the GOP first suggested.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that the GOP's starting point for negotiations on an infrastructure package is also its ending point.

President Joe Biden has proposed a $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan package to invest in bridges, roads, transit, water systems, care giving, clean energy, and broadband infrastructure.

The Kentucky Republican told reporters that his party is "open to doing a roughly $600 billion package," such as the $568 billion counterproposal offered by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and four GOP colleagues, focusing on highways and broadband.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

FU #Moscow Mitch...........

[sakabatou]

1. McConnell whines like a bully, then takes the ball and goes home

[Corgigal]

2. And he doesn't care about that either,

he’s just paid to protect the rich from taxes.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Appoint his wife to a position to supervise the program. He will go for it then.

[soothsayer]

4. Trying to get in good graces with the orange one

[samnsara]

5. mitch isnt looking too well these days

[roamer65]

6. Ok then. Start the cutting of funding to KY.

[Bayard]

14. NO!

Just because we have an asshole for a senator doesn't mean you should punish the entire state.

If that was the case, there would be a long line of other states eligible for the same remedy.

[roamer65]

18. CA, OR, WA, NY, the Great Lakes and New England states need to form an alliance.

An alliance that gets us ready for secession.

We can do better than this outside of the US and in a governmental alliance with Canada.

[WHITT]

7. Perfect!

now Biden can say he tried to be bipartisan and work with the Repubs, but THEY walked away.

Thanks Mitch!

[ColinC]

8. Okay so since that is settled, can we count manchin in on whatever bill Dems come up with?

[NewHendoLib]

9. fuck you, mitch

[abqtommy]

10. I think "McConnell says Republicans are done." makes a more accurate headline.

[Vinca]

11. Then he'll proceed to a microphone and whine about the lack of bi-partisanship.

[niyad]

12. Look at those cold, dead eyes.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Done? When in hell did they start?

[mwooldri]

15. Yet the likes of AOC say that the Jobs bill is too small.

Might help bring Manchin on board with Bidens plan if the progressives want to go much bigger.

[Nexus2]

16. Ah, Republican bipartisanship.

Do exactly what we want or else.

[catrose]

17. Good to know. Lets go forward without them.

[bluestarone]

19. I'm sure he decided this

Right after talking to Joe Manchin.

[Takket]

20. Does Manchin have an opinion? And if so how does he feel about Mitch?