Bernie Sanders puts the blame for the shutdown on Mitch McConnell

[oberliner]

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said the government shutdown is on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s shoulders because he brought a bill to the Senate floor that he knew couldn’t pass.

Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that McConnell knew he would have to get 60 votes on the continuing resolution to keep the government open for four weeks. However, McConnell knew that bill wasn’t going to get support from the full Republican Senate caucus, let alone the nine Democrats that would have had to jump partisan lines to advance the bill.

“Let's be clear, and I know people are sick and tired of the blame game, and I understand that. But here is the reality. It takes 60 votes in the United States Senate to get anything done,” Sanders said to host Jake Tapper.

“The other night, Mitch McConnell walked on to the floor of the Senate, and he knows the rules better than anybody. He did not have 60 votes. He barely had 50 votes. When you're in that situation, Jake, what it requires, and what we should be doing, is negotiating.”

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bernie-sanders-puts-the-blame-for-the-shutdown-on-mitch-mcconnell/article/2646607

[democrank]

1. Thank you, Bernie.

Time to ditch Mitch.

[Vinca]

2. Where it belongs.

Mitch must be Russian-backed, too.

[GaryCnf]

3. I see what you did there

and

THANK YOU

[oberliner]

4. Yep

And I would mention that Bernie has done a great job speaking out against the Republicans throughout this shutdown battle.

[seaglass]

6. He's placing the blame where it belongs. Is that confusing? n/t