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How Mitch McConnell is making sure that Russia knows it's welcome to screw with the 2020 election
https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/how-mitch-mcconnell-is-making-sure-that-russia-knows-its-welcome-to-screw-with-the-2020-election/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=337This is the vile POS we need to vote out. Maybe his wife's shady deals will take them both down.
Back in May, Mitch McConnell passed a milestone: over 100 pieces of legislation that were passed by the Democratic-controlled House have been halted by the Senate majority leader before they ever got a vote. McConnell bragged about turning the Senate into a legislative cemetery, and he’s being a good crypt-keeper by making sure that even the most critical bills are dead on arrival.
That includes sorely needed legislation that would provide election security for 2020. As The New York Times reports, McConnell is blocking any vote on a bill that would provide funds to secure state and local election facilities against exactly the sort of attack that Russia carried out successfully in 2016. McConnell is also blocking legislation designed to force companies such as Facebook and Twitter to be more transparent about the sources of political ads.
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