McConnell: 15-20 GOP senators will not vote for any coronavirus deal

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Source: The Hill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Friday that more than a third of Republican senators will not vote for any coronavirus relief package, underscoring division with his caucus.

"I think there are 15-20 of my guys that are not going to vote for anything ... It's a statement of the obvious that we will not have everybody on our side," McConnell told WHAS, a Kentucky radio station.

McConnell's estimate comes as congressional Democrats and the administration is struggling to reach an agreement after days of talks about a potential fifth coronavirus package as cases climb across the country and an economy bludgeoned by the pandemic.

If 20 Republicans voted against an eventual coronavirus deal, that means McConnell would need support from at least 27 Democratic senators to get the bill over a 60-vote procedural threshold and pass it in the Senate. McConnell said during an interview with PBS "Newshour" earlier this week that "about 20 of my members think that we’ve already done enough."

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/510094-mcconnell-15-20-gop-senators-will-not-vote-for-any-coronavirus-deal

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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) :

"One Senator said: 'There are a hundred problems with the plan.' Another: 'It’s a mess. I can’t figure out what this bill is about.' ... Those would be harsh criticisms if they came from Democrats. But those quotes weren’t from Democrats, those were Republican Senators talking about their own party’s plan," Schumer said during a speech from the Senate floor this week.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. GOP silence is unnerving, it's like Merrick Garland 2016

You know they've got some cheat scheme up their sleeves. Our job is to figure it out and block it.

[regnaD kciN]

2. Dear Mitchie McYurtle...

It would appear that you have no choice but to deal with Democrats on that, now.

[MiniMe]

3. If you would bother to count, if you get a good bill together,

you wouldn't need many of those 15-20 Senators because the dems would vote for it

[Blue Owl]

4. Enjoy your senate majority while it lasts, McConMan

Tick Tok motherfucker...

[Sneederbunk]

5. Who are they?

[Champion Jack]

7. exactly, thats what I want to know

[thecrow]

15. Yeah, who are they?

Apparently one of them said he didn’t even know what this was all about??
That’s one senator that nobody needs.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. So then, how is this the Democrats' fault?

[mtngirl47]

8. Isn't it always the Democrats' fault? Or we could blame Obama!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Go die - The GOP

[LudwigPastorius]

10. They've got theirs.

Why should they bother? Republican scumbags only run for office for self-aggrandizement and enrichment.

[DeminPennswoods]

11. Why do you think the bill is being

negotiated by Pelosi, Mnuchin, Schumer and Meadows? All Dems will vote for it and McConnell will deliver enough votes to get to 60 or more in the Senate.

[beachbumbob]

12. McConnel has a problem and its his problem to deal with

[madeup64]

13. How are Democrats not pouncing on this statement

"Senate Majority Leader McConnell says 15-20 GOP Senators won't pass any bill to help Americans deal with the Covid-19 pandemic because they believe they have done enough. 32 million people on unemployment. Parents scared about sending their kids to school this month. Massive wave of evictions forthcoming. 1 American dead every minute in the US. Tell the Republican Party, DO YOUR DAMN JOB!"

15-20 second ad spot writes itself.

[Roc2020]

14. The GOP is already being roasted and broiled

by supporters for their vote on the first rescue package. Not surprised at all there are 20 not willing to vote for anything further. Surprised it's not a higher amount.

[Demsrule86]

19. I call BS on that... Most people want unemployment extended and help sent to the states...

As McConnell will find out in November if he continues down this path.

[JudyM]

16. There'd be much less need if the repugs hadn't grifted so much from the first bill.

Here’s hoping there’s a large investigative article on that some time in the next couple of months.

[Demonaut]

17. call his bluff

[raccoon]

18. Fuck you, Mitch. Nt

[BlueIdaho]

20. I guess that means Democrats control the Senate.

If GOP Senators want to be re-elected, they are going to need the co-operation of Democrats to pass a bill. If they decide to do nothing- they will face a bloodbath at the polls in November.

Meanwhile, real people are suffering - it’s time to stop the bullshit.