Mitch McConnell writes a letter asking Joe Biden to tell Democrats to lift the debt ceiling

[bluewater]

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I think the appropriate descriptor for McConnell's behavior is unmitigated gall.

[CentralMass]

1. Mitch is the poster boy for opportunistic scumbags.

[gratuitous]

2. I think chutzpah is going to get a new definition

The devil's definition of chutzpah has long been the man brought up on charges that he killed his parents begging the court for leniency because he's an orphan. Mitch McConnell is giving that one a serious run for the money.

[EarlG]

3. We have to call McConnell's bluff on this one

And it surely is a bluff. Despite their bluster I believe the GOP has to raise the debt limit. The consequences would be too dangerous for the GOP's corporate paymasters.

[bluewater]

4. +1000

[Wounded Bear]

5. Joe's on right now blaming McConnell and the repubs for the stall...

[Mad_Machine76]

6. All I can say to this is:

[underpants]

7. Larry King once asked Sen. Robert Byrd "of all the Presidents you worked for...

Byrd corrected him, “I’m in the Senate. I don’t work FOR any President, I do work with them though”

This Lieutenants business makes it seem like Mitch has about as much grasp on Constitutional structure as that dumbass Tuberville from Al Abama.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Political theater on McConnell's part.

All designed to make it look like the Democrats are causing the problem here. Fuck him. The response from the White House is the correct response, especially if it gets repeated early and often on every outlet available.