McConnell cries that he's the victim

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

McConnell calls criticism on election security 'modern-day McCarthyism'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended himself from withering criticism by Democrats and political commentators that his blockade of election security legislation is un-American, calling it "modern-day McCarthyism."

In a spirited speech on the Senate floor Monday, the Kentucky Republican turned his sights on opinion columnist Dana Milbank and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, who respectively called McConnell on Friday a "Russian asset" and "Moscow Mitch."

McConnell said that he has been tough on Russia for more than three decades, from supporting President Ronald Reagan's strategy on missile defense to greenlighting the bipartisan Senate investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. He said Democrats and Republicans had spontaneously applauded at a closed-door meeting he helped set up a few weeks ago when officials discussed all the "progress" that had been made since then. And he noted that he supported the hundreds of millions of dollars Congress has sent to the states to boost their election infrastructure.

"American pundits calling an American official treasonous because of a policy disagreement," McConnell said. "If anything is an asset to the Russians, it is disgusting behavior like that."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-calls-criticism-on-election-security-modern-day-mccarthyism/ar-AAF39rt?li=BBnb7Kz

Do you need a tissue?

[mcar]

1. Thoughts and prayers, Moscow Mitch nt

[Downtown Hound]

2. Republicans always claim they are the victim.

[guillaumeb]

3. McConnell is a victim.

Of his own lack of integrity.

[Kurt V.]

4. Republicans have done the math. the only way to hold on to power is by cheating.

[Ohiogal]

5. Boo hoo hoo

Snowflake Mitch!

[SharonAnn]

6. Good! He deserves to be an actual victim many times over.

[lpbk2713]

7. You can slice the irony with a knife.

He's whining about being the victim of McCarthyism.

McCarthy was a notorious rethuglican.

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. Maybe he can send his wife out to scare off his detractors.

He’s got a shell, they can’t hurt him!

[lame54]

9. They always turn it around...

The republican motto

Im rubber
You're glue
What you say bounces off me
And sticks to you

[Leith]

10. Hey, MoscowMitch! I have the solution to your troubles!

1. All you have to do is have your guys work up a bill to protect US elections, get it through committee, and on to a floor vote. If you don't know what to do, check out what the Democrats have been doing. No doubt there will be a few good ideas for you to explore.

2. Quit your damn whining.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Because that's what narcissists do . . . .

[area51]

12. Well, Moscow Mitch,

if you can't stand the heat, QUIT and go home to Mother Russia.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Can dish it out, but can't take it

Typical conservatiave Republican....

[Blaukraut]

14. Someone should start a gofundme for a miniature violin to send to Moscow Mitch n/t

[OrlandoDem2]

15. Everyone from Democrats in Congress to the media to common citizens need to keep the pressure.

It’s time to bring him down. Heck, I’d prefer it if we were marching in the streets.

[Blue_true]

16. Like Elizabeth Warren would say. GOOD!!!

The grotesque asshole feels the justified heat that is coming his way.

[Blue_true]

17. I really don't want to think where you used that tissue being offered to Mitch.

But nothing you could have done to it would be too bad for that treasonous asshole.

[Hekate]

18. Did he ever call young Ms Fonda "Hanoi Jane"? I have a lot more sympathy for her than for Mitch...

...the wrinkly elderly turtle with the Russian flag up his butt. Moscow Mitch. Moscow Mitch.