Mitch McConnell Lashes Out At Critics Who Called Him A 'Russian Asset'
Source: Huffington Post
07/29/2019 05:45 pm ET
The Kentucky Republican blocked two measures last week that would have beefed up election security.
By Igor Bobic
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday fired back at critics who accused him of being a Russian asset after he blocked legislation last week that would have strengthened U.S. election security.
I was called unpatriotic, un-American and essentially treasonous by a couple of left-wing pundits on the basis of bold-faced lies, McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor, denouncing the shameful attacks as modern-day McCarthyism.
On Friday, MSNBC host and former GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough lit into McConnell after he blocked two election security measures. Democrats attempted to expedite passage of the measures via a unanimous consent request after Robert Mueller, the former special counsel, testified Wednesday about continued Russian meddling in U.S. elections.
He is aiding and abetting [Russian President Vladimir] Putins ongoing attempts to subvert U.S. democracy, according to the Republican FBI, CIA and director of national intelligence, Scarborough said on MSNBCs Morning Joe. All Republicans are saying Russia is trying to subvert U.S. democracy, and Moscow Mitch wont even let the Senate take a vote on it. That is un-American.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-russia-election-security_n_5d3f4edbe4b0db8affaca5fa
oldsoftie
(12,536 posts)elleng
(130,902 posts)area51
(11,908 posts)If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck ... it's a Russian traitor.
QED
(2,747 posts)(wish I knew how to photoshop this on his head)
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)that have your number as a Russian asset. I understand Moscow Mitch is very very upset that many people, much more than a couple of pundits, left-wing or otherwise, are calling him out. There's no viable explanation for his blocking legislation dealing with protecting the elections, and he hasn't offered any. What else are we supposed to think, Mitch?
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Has totally earned his nickname. If Moscow Mitch doesnt like it, he might try passing some vote protection measures. better yet, lets just kick his traitorous ass to the curb.
Roy Rolling
(6,917 posts)<a href="https://imgflip.com/i/36t6ry"><img src="" title="made at imgflip.com"/></a>
jrthin
(4,836 posts)like being called a Russian Asset.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)"Moscow Mitch is Putin's Bitch! Moscow Mitch is Putin's Bitch! Moscow Mitch is Putin's Bitch!"
jrthin
(4,836 posts)Sancho
(9,070 posts)Kitchari
(2,166 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Moscow Mitch tag has struck a nerve. Notice he went Tail Gunner Joe on the Senate Floor today.
Still say,Moscow Mitch bails and wont seek reelection.
Marthe48
(16,957 posts)get right or get out
durablend
(7,460 posts)DFW
(54,378 posts)He smirked at "Crooked Hillary." He cheered at "Kenyan-born Obama."
Now a Republican zeroes in on just who it is that benefits most from his actions, and comes up with a seemingly obvious answer. And Mitch McTurtle doesn't like it. Well, if his actions in the Senate would benefit America MORE than the Russian Federation, maybe Republican commentators might find another nickname for him.
Nasruddin
(754 posts)like Joe Scarborough ... wow ...
TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)Joe Scarborough is a pinko commie antifa terrorist
PSPS
(13,595 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Do you still have them, Mitch? Or are they locked up in the Kremlin?
forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)He decided he has feewings?
MurrayDelph
(5,294 posts)can we call him a "Russian Asshat"?
myohmy2
(3,163 posts)...if the shoe fits,, wear it...
...did you or did you not, "...blocked legislation last week that would have strengthened U.S. election security." ?
'Moscow Mitch, the Russian Asset' has a nice ring to.it...I wonder when mitch turned Commie?
...wonders never cease...
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)We'd much rather let that responsibility go to putin...
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)bluestarone
(16,940 posts)USE it ALL THE TIME!!!
marble falls
(57,081 posts)call out their own troops, McTraitor will prevent any national response.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,147 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Innocent people, those who aren't in the pocket of Russia, don't act like this.
Kid Berwyn
(14,904 posts)If the name fits, wear it. Oleg Deripaska agrees.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)When the man you constantly brownnose tells American congresswomen to "go back home", and says they're "not capable of loving their country", that's the McCarthyism you should have called out, you dumbfuck senator. When you say "he's right about the squad wanting to turn us into a socialist country. I think the president's on to something", you are McCarthy. You don't get to say it about other people.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)malthaussen
(17,195 posts)Funny, that. You'd think he wouldn't care. If it's working, keep doing it.
-- Mal
olddad65
(599 posts)CuriousAsterisk
(36 posts)Maybe don't make it look like you actually are one?
GReedDiamond
(5,312 posts)MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW