Mitch McConnell is destroying the Senate - and American government

[nitpicker]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/06/mitch-mcconnell-senate-republicans-donald-trump-judges

Mitch McConnell is destroying the Senate – and American government

Robert Reich

Sat 6 Apr 2019 12.22 BST

No person has done more in living memory to undermine the functioning of the US government than the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell.

Yes, Donald Trump has debased and defiled the presidency. He has launched blistering attacks on Democrats, on judges he disagrees with, journalists who criticize him and the intelligence community.

But McConnell is actively and willfully destroying the Senate. Last Wednesday he used his Republican majority to cut the time for debating Trump’s court appointees from 30 hours to two – thereby enabling Republicans to ram through even more Trump judges.

McConnell doesn’t give a fig about the Senate, or about democracy. He cares only about winning. On the eve of the 2010 midterm elections he famously declared that his top priority was for Barack Obama “to be a one-term president”.

Between 2009 and 2013, McConnell’s Senate Republicans blocked 79 Obama nominees. In the entire history of the United States until that point, only 68 presidential nominees had been blocked.
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[C Moon]

1. Mitch is owned by billionaires--in the U.S. and anywhere else he can get his slimy hands.

[MBS]

2. this part especially:

The difference between winning at politics by playing according to the norms and rules of our democracy, and winning by subverting them, could not be greater. Political victories that undermine the integrity of our system are net losses for society.

Great athletes play by the rules because the rules make the game. Unprincipled athletes cheat or change the rules in order to win. Their victories ultimately destroy the game.
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(McConnell) is (the) longest-serving leader of Senate Republicans in history, but Mitch McConnell is no leader. He is the epitome of unprincipled power. History will not treat him kindly.

[kacekwl]

3. Sadly history will

treat him like Bush jr. and sr. , Cheney, Regan etc. . Great patriots who accomplished missions against 911 terrorists , the Soviet Union . Great guys one and all. Trump may be too vile to be treated well by history but it's not over yet.

[democratisphere]

4. Yep. Colluding with drumpf to destroy America.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick