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Hometown paper to McConnell: Now would be a good time to choose to lead
By Dan Desai Martin -
January 8, 2019
At a time when America really needs leadership, Mitch McConnell is nowhere to be found.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has the power to end the Trump shutdown. Hes just refuses to use it. Now even his hometown paper is calling him out for his lack of leadership on the issue.
In response to McConnells refusal to allow a vote to re-open the government, the Lexington Herald-Leader Editorial Board wrote, we have one word: Override.
The GOP-led Senate passed a spending bill in December with the unanimous consent of every single senator. Even if Trump does not like the funding levels, there seems to be enough support to override a potential veto and re-open the government.
But McConnell is refusing to exercise the powers granted to Congress in the constitution for the good of the country.
McConnell, up for re-election next year, and other Senate Republicans understandably dread incurring Trumps wrath, especially since it might inspire a Republican challenger, the editorial added, highlighting McConnells apparent decision to put his personal concerns ahead of the lives of so many Americans affected by the shutdown.
Other papers around the country are adding to the drumbeat.
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Roland99
(53,342 posts)He was born in Alabama but was raised in MY hometown, Louisville. Would be the Courier-Journal
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)to his Constituents.
He knows how the Senate works as well as anyone on Earth. He has zero motivation to step in and save the bacon of the Dems OR the Motherfucker in the White House. Let them keep wounding each other until he gets what he wants.
What does he want? Power.
BumRushDaShow
(127,322 posts)I've been saying this for the past couple days. And if the WH wants to veto it, then let the chips fall where they do and Turtle would have covered his own ass.
...unless he is afraid of sudden "kompromat" coming out on him and his wife.
volstork
(5,394 posts)"unless he is afraid of sudden "kompromat" coming out on him and his wife."
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)Day he is not interested in taking care of Kentuckians nut his corporate donors and whats up with his Russian connections. They need to start yesterday doing this,
BumRushDaShow
(127,322 posts)sometimes one has to "soften the targets".
I.e., you have a good chunk of people there now who are completely brainwashed and automatically spout stuff like "libturds" and whatnot, so any Democratic "messaging" will automatically be tuned out, no matter how often it is done. But if they find that they are really starting to get impacted and are hurting, then the messaging might be digested a bit better (at least by some)... so the early messaging needs to be carefully crafted.
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)Message that would cause a disruption in conservative brain development. We know by now they have been neurologically programmed. Almost like deep grooves of right wing thought Ingrained in their brains. But if we can figure out how to disrupt those grooves and neutralize the brainwashing we can move them towards the truth and away from the right wing bs propaganda.
Messaging is what the reality based America lacks now. BS talking points have REALLY dumbed down America.
I wish I was smart enough to craft this type of scientific message.
BumRushDaShow
(127,322 posts)are often robotic.
Believe it or not, it seemed that people like Elizabeth Warren have been able to "message" to an average person, in more of a conversational way, but also get the policy ideas out.