Mitch McConnell—the greatest obstructionist in US history?

[watsup]

Mitch McConnell will EVENTUALLY retire, and when he does, his “greatest” accomplishments will be quite literally decades of obstruction (along with somehow amassing a fortune of many millions along the way). Only God knows how much further we could be along as a nation in so many different areas (infrastructure?) had he not been able to basically single-handedly put the kibosh on so many potential bills. He has been out for himself first, the Repub Party second, and the good of the nation as a sometimes afterthought. Here are just a few of the headlines going back many years:

Letters to the Editor: Mitch McConnell's obstruction is a gift to America's adversaries

The Senate minority leader is being much more than a bully by threatening to create a "scorched earth" Senate if the Democrats change the filibuster.

www.latimes.com

Mitch McConnell: A Legacy of Obstruction

Inaction and obstruction by the Sen. McConnell-led Senate has delayed justice for millions of Americans.

www.americanprogress.org

Under a Democratic President, McConnell Vows a Return to Total Obstruction | Washington Monthly

Nothing will happen on any of the issues that Americans care about as long as he is the Senate GOP Leader.

washingtonmonthly.com

Strict Obstructionist

Mitch McConnell is a master manipulator and strategist—the unheralded architect of the Republican resurgence. Now that his relentless tactics have made his party victorious, he is poised to take down the president and win the Senate majority he covets—if he can fend off the Tea Party and keep...

www.theatlantic.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mitch-mcconnell-americas-no-1-obstructionist-is-now-trying-to-make-big-things-happen/2017/06/29/93071b3e-5c35-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/06/politics/mitch-mcconnell-gun-control/index.html

Mitch McConnell: The Man Who Sold America

After 40 years of scorched-earth politics and bowing to special interests, will Mitch McConnell finally pay the price?

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Antiwar]

I despise him and his anti-government ideology.

 

[Razoo]

His wife is on the tax dollar payroll and I believe owns a shipping corporation ...... tax dollar leeches.

 

[Razoo]

I despise him and his anti-government ideology.

likewise.......

he is big government through and through no matter his rhetoric. So is ALEC no matter what....Fascism is big government. Big spenders also ......... borrow borrow borrow borrow borrow

 

[Linc]

The overlooked accomplishment of McConnell is the Trump Federal Judiciary, thanks to ****ed up leftward voters.

 

[Helix]

he and Punkinhead have shown us the direction of the Republican party.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Mitch McConnell will EVENTUALLY retire...

I predict he will "be retired by natural causes" before the year is over, and Clarence Thomas right along with him.

 

[watsup]

I predict he will "be retired by natural causes" before the year is over, and Clarence Thomas right along with him.

Conspiracy theory.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Conspiracy theory.

Not at all, I don't believe in any conspiracies, I just have a hunch, nothing more.
You could even call it a Vegas thing, like gambling.