House Democrats are making McConnell -- not Trump -- their new boogeyman

[RandySF]

While Democrats in Washington are attacking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s management of the impeachment trial, it’s his role in blocking House-passed legislation that is getting the most campaign airtime so far this year.

The latest example, and a likely preview of what is to come, is the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s announcement Monday of a seven-figure cable and online ad campaign focused on the Senate bottling up a bill intended to lower prescription drug prices.

That House Democrats are using McConnell as their foil, and not the Republican leader of their own chamber or President Donald Trump, speaks to the legislative and political realities confronting Democrats this cycle.

After winning a historic majority in 2018, House Democrats passed bills on key priorities they had campaigned on, including a campaign finance and ethics overhaul, legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases and a health insurance measure that targeted prescription drugs and expanding Medicare to cover hearing aids, eyeglasses and dental care.




https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/house-democrats-are-making-mcconnell-not-trump-their-new-boogeyman

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Trump may be gone by Nov 2020, so axing McCONnell is most productive strategy. . . . nt

[Wounded Bear]

2. Good. We need to do to him what they did to Madame Speaker Pelosi...

more grim reaper ads. More putting of the facts out there.

[stillcool]

3. so Congress passes bills...

and Mitch won't bring them to the floor...and because the Democrats put up an ad about this, they are 'using' McConnell as a what?

[Initech]

4. McConnell has done more damage to America than Trump ever could.

So makes sense!

[dalton99a]

8. +1. Serious long-term damage.

[Beartracks]

5. Glad to hear it. 2020 is about so much more than just the Presidential race.

Same as ANY presidential election year, really.

Mitch and the Republican Senate are a bottleneck to progress.

Vote Democratic in all your local, state, AND federal elections, every chance you get. Presidential election, mid-terms, or just the local school board - Vote Blue!



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[maxrandb]

6. Mitch and Donnie Shit for Brains are joined at the anus

it's hard to tell where Donnie Dollhands ass stops and Mitch's shoulders start.

Mitch's head is so far up Donnie Short Fingers ass he can see Siberia.

[crickets]

7. Good. More people need to know what McConnell's been up to and how much damage he's done. nt