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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,955 posts)
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 02:22 PM Aug 2019

Sanders slams McConnell's 'do nothing' Senate

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for "his obstructionism," saying "there's very little that's going on in the Senate."

"McConnell can vote any way he wants on an issue but what I find really outrageous and extremely undemocratic is his obstructionism and his refusal to allow major legislation to come to the floor for a debate and for a vote," Sanders told Hill.TV's Krystal Ball during an interview that aired on Monday.

"So essentially while enormous problems face this country - everybody knows it, there's very little that's going in the Senate, it is a do nothing body and that is because of McConnell," he continued.

Sanders called on voters in the Bluegrass State to "demand that their United States Senate allow real debate on the floor so that we can begin to do something to represent working families."

Sander's comments came just moments after he took the stage at a campaign rally in Louisville, Kentucky, where made similar criticism of McConnell.

"I say here in Kentucky to Senator McConnell - stop blocking legislation from coming to the floor of the Senate," the 2020 candidate told a crowd of supporters over the weekend, which prompted cheers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hilltv-exclusive-interview-sanders-slams-mcconnells-do-nothing-senate/ar-AAGm8WD?li=BBnb7Kz

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Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2019 #1
Has he come out in favor of killing the filibuster yet? W_HAMILTON Aug 2019 #2
 

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)
1. Kicked and recommended.
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 02:39 PM
Aug 2019

Thanks for the thread Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin.

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W_HAMILTON

(7,864 posts)
2. Has he come out in favor of killing the filibuster yet?
Mon Aug 26, 2019, 02:41 PM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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