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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Aug 5, 2019, 06:58 PM Aug 2019

McConnell campaign criticized for tombstone with challenger's name

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is being criticized after his reelection campaign put up a tombstone-shaped sign with his Democratic challenger's name on it and the date of death listed as the 2020 election.

His campaign tweeted a photo of the tombstones at a campaign event in Fancy Farm, Kentucky, and called McConnell the "Grim Reaper of Socialism." McConnell has embraced Democratic criticism of him, saying he was happy to be the grim reaper of liberal proposals.

Among the five "tombstones" displayed by McConnell's campaign is one reading "R.I.P. Amy McGrath November 3, 2020."

Two more are dedicated to socialism and the Green New Deal, the progressive climate change plan championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

The campaign also displayed a tombstone in honor of Merrick Garland, former President Obama's final nominee to the Supreme Court, who was blocked by McConnell until Obama's term ended leaving the spot open for President Trump to nominate a conservative justice.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-campaign-criticized-for-tombstone-with-challengers-name/ar-AAFnhda?li=BBnbfcL

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McConnell campaign criticized for tombstone with challenger's name (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
His tweet is beyond disgusting. It is a THREAT. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2019 #1

CaliforniaPeggy

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1. His tweet is beyond disgusting. It is a THREAT.
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 07:08 PM
Aug 2019

Of course, MoscowMitch doesn't care. He has his millions of dollars all ready to wash away anyone who dares challenge him.

Never mind that he has been a lousy Senator for his "constituents" in Kentucky. He does not represent them at all, since his loyalties lie with those who've funded his campaigns, and to whom he owes his allegiance.



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