McConnell criticizes House proposal to make Election Day a federal holiday

[spanone]

Yes Mitch, why would America want more of it's citizens to vote???? Go the fuck home to Kentucky.

The Kentucky Republican mocked the bill as the "Democratic Politician Protection Act" and argued that it rewrites the "the rules of Americans politics for the exclusive benefit of the Democratic Party."

He argued that the bill would "victimize every American taxpayer by pouring their money into expensive new subsidies that don't ever pass the laugh test."

"Their bill would make Election Day a new paid holiday for government workers, and create an additional brand new paid leave benefit for up to six days for any federal bureaucrat who decides they'd like to hang out at the polls during an election," McConnell said.

"Just what America needs," he protested. "Another paid holiday and a bunch of government workers being paid to go out and work, I assume our colleagues on the other side, on their campaigns. This is the Democrat plan to restore democracy? A brand new week of paid vacation for every federal employee who'd like to hover around while you cast your ballot?"

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/31/politics/mcconnell-democrats-house-bill/index.html

[nykym]

1. So the average Joe/Jane

Who gets 2 weeks vacation works an average of 240 days a year.
The average Representative or Senator works 138 days a year (if you call it work).
So adding 1 more day to the 10 scheduled Federal Holidays would upset our
entire system of governance according to Moscow Mitch