11 national union leaders ARRESTED outside @SenMajLdr Mitch McConnell's office

[MelissaB]

BREAKING: 11 national #union leaders ARRESTED outside @SenMajLdr Mitch McConnell’s office They want to work. Their members want to work. They all need paychecks. Mitch had them arrested.

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[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. Coming to a theatre near you. Good job. UNION STRONG.

Guess we've ID'd some cops who seem to feel they can make arrests in the halls of congress and otherwise. Get their badge numbers so we can email them and ask for a righteous arrest of the president.

[juxtaposed]

35. The cops are union members too, their union leader could have been one arrested

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

38. The thrust of the post being....

theres a few cops that feel froggy enough to make arrests of Americans protesting peacefully, so, maybe they'd continue their brassiness....by arresting mitch or the poser trum, Public Enemy Numbers 1+2.
Hopefully they didnt arrest their Union Rep.

[PeeJ52]

43. Cop unions don't count, that's why they exempt them from all the rules.

They are the only real unions down here in Florida.

[MineralMan]

2. Not a smart move, Mitch.

Not a smart move at all.

But, we all knew you were a moron, so...

[leftieNanner]

5. Do you think Mitch is stupid?

I'm not sure. I had always thought that he was smart enough to get himself to where he is - but maybe it's just that he's devious and sneaky and evil.

I imagine he has a forward-looking plan in this shutdown, but I'm not sure what it is.

Having these union leaders arrested was a stupid move, for sure.

[lunatica]

12. Mitch is like Trump

He’s brave and badass when he has all the power. When his party is the majority.

But when he has to actually face the opposition he just cowers in an undisclosed location. Maybe he hangs out with Elvis.

[leftieNanner]

18. He does look like a bacon, peanut butter, and grape jelly sandwich kinda guy

I agree that Mitch is like Trump.

As with any of these people, take away their money and power and they are nothing. McConnell would be a chinless greeter at Walmart.

[lunatica]

23. When I look at him

I think he must have been really bullied by his peers in school just for his looks alone. And I think it turned him into a petty and vengeful person who sought wealth and power in order to hurt people.

Or he’s just another Malignant Narcissist who would be exactly the same even if he were an Adonis.

I just see a twisted, wretched human being.

[leftieNanner]

34. I think you are spot on - petty and vengeful

There are threads out there in the magic computer-sphere indicating that Mitch may be a deeply closeted gay man - don't know if it's true - so please don't yell at me - but that kind of thing could make a person act out cruelly towards others.

[Soxfan58]

29. I Disagree!!!

With that ugly mug they would put in the back room stocking shelves.

[Anon-C]

27. Thinks he's above the law.

[Texin]

45. Well this Democrat doesn't hink McConnell's stupid at all. He's a Machiavellian bastard.

He stuck sticks in Obama's spokes over and over again the last four years of his presidency and stonewalled on Justice Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination and any possible confirmation. He played his hand masterfully. And he's stalled the country since before Christmas and nearly until the end of January of the new year, attempting to do the same goddamned thing with Pelosi and the Democratic majority.

Now this petty gambit was a tone deaf canard. It will make already furious people even more furious, which has the power to create momentum to break this logjam, and I'll agree that it was a badly played move on his part. But he's not stupid and this move has as much chance of stoking up their base as it does to make Dems and those affected by this, along with workers in general as mad as hell and not going to take it any more.

[redstatebluegirl]

6. No kidding, he is such a moron.

[lpbk2713]

3. Trump and the (R)s are leading us to the tipping point.

And it won't be pretty.

[Separation]

28. I told a close friend that I feel like Im in Poland in 1938

[oasis]

4. Union Yes!

[bluestarone]

7. YES x's 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Stupid fucking Turtleface!!!! Why is this NOT breaking news???

[lunatica]

13. Damn right!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

19. And look!!! Big britches cops making arrests in govt buildings!! We've found our huckle-

berries to arrest the false president.

[oasis]

25. Blockhead conservatives had "better start swimming or sink

like a stone 'cause the times they are a'changin".

[DemocracyMouse]

50. That song is more potent today. The voters are better informed

[mopinko]

8. arresting powerful white guys. shit be gettin real.

[dem4decades]

9. Were the cops union? Getting paid?

[FakeNoose]

14. Washington D.C. employees are paid out of the city's budget

I don't believe they're considered federal employees, but I could be wrong.

[juxtaposed]

37. capital police, i think also union i think

[mnhtnbb]

10. Eleven leaders today? One hundred members will be on his doorstep tomorrow.

And a thousand the day after that.

Bad move, Turtle boy.

[bluestarone]

16. MAN Hope your right!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's would be the best answer to what Turtleface did today!!!

[lunatica]

26. I do believe you might be right

As a Teamster myself I would certainly show up after the disrespect shown to my union leadership. It makes my blood boil!

Those arrested union leaders don’t only represent the federal workers. They represent the whole concept of unions and every union member in the nation.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

33. +1 Hear me stamping my feet.

Pretending a repub is under them.

[dem4decades]

30. Silly question, do they have to post bail?

If they do probably cash that don't have. F Mitch.

[hunter]

11. Has anyone called in a well being check on McConnell?

I fear that he's dead and his staff, not wanting to lose their jobs, have him propped up behind his desk like a dead parrot pining for the fjords.

[lunatica]

15. He's hanging with Elvis

[FakeNoose]

17. I'm pretty sure they know where to reach him

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

20. Hahaha.

[bluestarone]

22. There he is!!!!!

TY sooo funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lpbk2713]

21. But I was not a Trade Unionist ... so I said nothing.

And then they came for me.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. does Mitch think they are coal miners?

Coal miners in KY have had to deal with judges and police on the side of the 'bosses'. Federal workers may need to study up on the tactics.

https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/broadcasts/490939
https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/harlan-county-ky-coal-miners-win-affiliation-umwa-union-united-states-1973-1974
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County_War

[Fuzzpope]

32. McConnell does that to anyone/everyone.

You show up at his office, you're getting arrested, no matter who you are.

He gives even less of a shit about the American people then Trump.

We have got to get these fucking monsters out of office.

[lunatica]

36. Oh he gives a shit all right!

He cowers in fear every day someone confronts him. It’s what he’s doing right now. Why else is he hiding?

[Fuzzpope]

39. I dunno

Maybe because he's in front of a mirror modeling a gold plated corset Putin sent him?

Smearing gold flake all over his naked disgusting body?

Snorting a giant pile of Chinese cocaine?

Or maybe he's just playing "pull my finger" with himself.

Who cares what he's doing behind closed doors, we gotta get rid of him, stat.

[lunatica]

40. Ok, you just created some disturbing pictures in my brain!

[Fuzzpope]

47. It's probably...

All of the above, simultaneously.

Suffer, mind, suffer!!

[ProudLib72]

49. Playing "pull my finger" with the Rump

Mitch LOVES the smell. Can't get enough! Thinks it needs to be bottled and sold alongside tRumpy Bear.

[SunSeeker]

41. These union leaders are true heroes!

[BlueJac]

42. Moscow Mitch is another GOP taking Russian money...

I think this will blow up in his face. Trump got shut down today, so tomorrow might be Mitch's day!

[JaneQPublic]

44. This is an excellent example of what Rep. John Lewis would call...

"Good Trouble."

[OMGWTF]

46. Air Traffic Controllers were going there too. This shitdown has got to stop!

Everyone needs to read "A Tale of Two Cities" to get in the mood for what's coming next. The last food stamps have been sent out; there is a big "let them eat cake" moment coming soon. Very soon.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

48. Keep on making enemies, McTurtle, you're making our job here in kY easier...

to turn you into a Walmart greeter, like we've trying to do for a long time.

DITCH MITCH.........