McConnell: I Will Not Bring a Mueller Protection Bill up for a Senate Vote

[Stuart G]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Just two days before the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made clear he had no intention of letting such bill be brought up for a full Senate vote.

Im the one who decides what we take to the floor. Thats my responsibility, as the Majority Leader and we will not be having this on the floor of the Senate, McConnell told Fox News Neil Cavuto Tuesday. He reiterated his previous claims that such legislation is not necessary and that there is no indication that President Trump would fire Mueller.

I dont think the President is going to do that. And just as a practical matter, even if we passed it, why would he sign it? McConnell said.


Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mcconnell-mueller-bill-no-floor-vote

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This defines him. He will not even allow a vote. And he says Trump won't fire Mueller. Now, we will see about that, when Muller indicts Trump's son.

[leftieNanner]

1. I hate McConnell

with the blazing fire of one thousand suns!

May Karma catch up to him!

[jrthin]

15. +1000000 nt

[SunSeeker]

17. Me too!

[bdamomma]

24. What a jerk

He needs to go too, hasn't he made enough money he was given money for his campaign too.

I decide what can be voted on???? stuck on that power huh McConnell?

[Volaris]

45. fucker reminds me of Palpatine...'I AM The Senate.'

No Mitch, yous The turtle.
I agree with the above poster. I really do hate that reptile. His excuse that Trump wont sign the bill is technically correct, if it were about actually getting it passed into Law. It isnt. Its about getting a head count with names attached so we know who will stand with treason, and who won't.

[leftieNanner]

50. Palpatine

I hope Mitch ends up looking like Emperor Palpatine in a few years.

He doesn't want a head count for this legislation because he doesn't want any Republican Senators to go on record against Trump.

[leftieNanner]

49. He's also wealthy because he married well

His wife comes from a Taiwanese shipping tycoon family (I think that's right).

[catbyte]

53. One of his father-in-law's ships was busted carrying a load of cocaine. That died a hasty death.

90lbs Of Cocaine Found On Ship Owned By Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Father-in-Law

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

Though Foremost has played a pivotal role in McConnell’s life, bestowing the senator with most of his personal wealth and generating thousands in donations to his campaign committees, the drug bust went unnoticed in Kentucky, where every bit of McConnell-related news has generated fodder for the campaign trail. That’s because, like many international shipping companies, Chao’s firm is shrouded from public view, concealing its identity and limiting its legal liability through an array of tax shelters and foreign registrations. Registered through a limited liability company in the Marshall Islands, the Ping May flies the Liberian flag.

From the Nation article: Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company

Well this is interesting. Particularly with the Senate Minority Leader (and major Republican establishment crony) fighting for his life in the Kentucky Senate race.

From the Nation:

Before the Ping May, a rusty cargo vessel, could disembark from the port of Santa Marta en route to the Netherlands in late August, Colombian inspectors boarded the boat and made a discovery. Hidden in the ship’s chain locker, amidst its load of coal bound for Europe, were approximately 40 kilograms, or about 90 pounds, of cocaine. A Colombian Coast Guard official told The Nation that there is an ongoing investigation.

The seizure of the narcotics shipment in the Caribbean port occurred far away from Kentucky, the state in which Senator Mitch McConnell is now facing a career-defining election. But the Republican Senate minority leader has the closest of ties to the owner of the Ping May, the vessel containing the illicit materials: the Foremost Maritime Corporation, a firm founded and owned by McConnell’s in-laws, the Chao family.

Though Foremost has played a pivotal role in McConnell’s life, bestowing the senator with most of his personal wealth and generating thousands in donations to his campaign committees, the drug bust went unnoticed in Kentucky, where every bit of McConnell-related news has generated fodder for the campaign trail. That’s because, like many international shipping companies, Chao’s firm is shrouded from public view, concealing its identity and limiting its legal liability through an array of tax shelters and foreign registrations. Registered through a limited liability company in the Marshall Islands, the Ping May flies the Liberian flag.

McConnell’s ties to the Chaos go back to the late 1980s, when James Chao began donating to the senator. In 1993, McConnell married James’s daughter, Elaine Chao, a Republican activist and then-former Reagan administration official who would later serve as Secretary ofLabor in the George W. Bush cabinet. James Chao emigrated to the United States from Taiwan, and founded the Foremost Maritime Corporation upon settling in New York. The company has grown significantly over the years, from acting as maritime agent during the Vietnam War to controlling a fleet of approximately 16 dry bulk cargo ships in operation today

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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-02/90lbs-cocaine-found-ship-owned-senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnells-father-law

[notdarkyet]

54. Maybe there is bad stuff? On him.

[PunksMom]

21. Took the words out of my mouth

[MBS]

47. + 1,000,000,000,000

[FiveGoodMen]

68. May an angry mob catch up to him!

[Still In Wisconsin]

2. McTurtle once again proves that when push comes to shove, he's all in with TRUMP.

Eff you McTurtle.

[MarcA]

3. Part of his make the rich richer and everyone else poorer agenda n/t

[Freethinker65]

4. Complicit

He blocked Garland vote for a reason too

[ailsagirl]

5. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Repukes' agenda is SO transparent!!

[Stuart G]

7. Yes, that is what the Maority Leader of the Senate can do...

[ailsagirl]

8. No checks and balances???????

So, no protection for Mueller

DESPICABLE

[madamesilverspurs]

9. McConnellism:

n -- deliberately destructive governance, most often fueled by greed or a need to flaunt malicious power for political gain.


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[ailsagirl]

11. Why doesn't he crawl back under the rock he came from

Can't STAND him

[Volaris]

51. Thats good. Lets save that and send it to his next democratic challanger.

[pazzyanne]

64. Agree!

I'm on board for that!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluestarone]

10. NO END to these snake pit fuckers

[elleng]

12. Surprised?

If only senators could be impeached!

[Mr.Bill]

13. Thanks, Mitch, for confirming

that you have something to hide and are scared shitless of the Mueller investigation.

[bdamomma]

34. I think so too

that he is up to his eyeballs in this. He is involved in the cover up/scandal, plus his wife was given a job.

Can't you hear Trump saying something like this I will appoint your wife if you pledge your loyalty to me.

[barbtries]

14. mcconnell and ryan

2 peas in a rotten pod. a pox on all their days and nights.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. This is Garland 2 - Same stonewalling

[procon]

18. He's not going to abide by his oath, or even bother doing the basic oversight

functions of the Senate. Our government will not hold without a strong system of checks and balances to control the excesses of a branch that is running amuck.

The consequences of both McConnell and Ryan's weakness and craven inaction will bring us to a Constitutional crises that will be far worse than the heat they would take by upholding their responsibility to preserve the separation of powers.

[DRoseDARs]

19. It's almost like Mitch doesn't understand Congress can overrule a presidential veto...

That, or Senator Mitch McConnell has been a Russian asset for years, and is deathly afraid Mueller will find out.

[tavernier]

20. It does not matter what Rump will or will not do -

It’s your job to do what the citizens of this country expect of you. Nearly 80% want the investigation to continue.

[kairos12]

22. He is another Putin boot-licker.

[gagarux]

23. What about Schumer's muted response?

A "mistake"? Hoping that McConnell's caucus convinces him otherwise? Schumer and other Dem lawmakers should be trying to do the "convincing" by blasting McConnell and his motives all over the media. Instead Chuck is walking around on eggshells. Sigh...Democrats seem to invariably pick the most effete leadership.

[bearsfootball516]

26. There's nothing Schumer can really do.

Minority party and all.

[tblue37]

38. He can make more noise about it and rally public opinion and pressure. nt

[bluecollar2]

40. Careful what you say here

Last time I spoke up I was censored.

For the record...i agree completely with you.

[bluecollar2]

41. See reply 40...n/t

[Amimnoch]

62. So. A thread attacking a Republican,

And your 10 post expertise leads you to attack the leading Senate Democrat?

I know, let’s blame Hillary and Pelosi next! It’s all their fault that the majority leader of the senate gets to say what he wants with little rebuke.


In case you missed the “but her emails” memo, the minority party, and the voice of minorities in general have been marginalized to an extent I haven’t seen in my lifetime. So, what would be the pointless, and useless response you’d expect from Senator Schumer?

Please, do feel free to join those of us that would rather attack the turtle for what he does say, instead of attacking Democratic Party leadership for what they didn’t. Maybe?

[George II]

63. +1,000,000

[brer cat]

69. *This* nt

[sheshe2]

72. Thank you, Amimnoch.

[ehrnst]

70. Effete?

Quoting Spiro Agnew here on DU?

Enjoy your stay.

[ffr]

25. Criminal. Unpatriotic. Traitor!

[SoCalMusicLover]

27. Will These Fuckers Resign When Mueller Is Fired?

No, they'll just make excuses.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. McCONnell afraid of own caucus. They would split & would be seen as same split for impeachment. . nt

[unblock]

29. good! the more of republicans who anchor themselves to the trump titanic, the better!

drain the swamp!

[dlk]

30. Of Course Not --He's Part of the Conspiracy

[Eliot Rosewater]

31. Guilty of treason, he is. I define treason now as someone who will advocate for our enemy

during a time of war, which is what they are doing.

If this isnt war I dont know what is.

[getagrip_already]

32. Completely justified - after all....

It's not like there is more than one branch of government mentioned in the constitution, right? It's not like the dept of the senate actually has authority to enact legislation or establish the rules of the government.

What were you guys thinking?

Of course the senate shouldn't act just because the president doesn't like it. He is the deciderer after all.

Can ANY of you point to just one vote where the senate or house passed legislation knowing the president wouldn't sign it?

Of course you can't. You'd have to name about 200 votes. Not just one.

[mbusby]

33. No way in hell....

...when Mueller finally releases his conclusions will the republican house and senate impeach. 2018 midterms... here we come.

[azureblue]

35. of course he won't

He will betray his country for money and power. Mitch will cover for a traitor and he will be proud of it..

[RainCaster]

36. McTurtle has no spine

[Botany]

37. Treason

End of story.

BTW Now how again did McConnell know that if he blocked Merrick Garland he would
have somebody else to vote for the SCOTUS?

[Angry Dragon]

39. Time for him to go

[jpak]

42. Turtleman accepted $$$ from Russia

So, of course, he's not going to protect Mueller.

[gademocrat7]

43. Mcturdle is a treasonous bastard.

[Mr. Ected]

44. If there is justice in the world, this turtle will be frog-marched like the snake he is

I may not know the difference between a reptile and an amphibian, but I know a traitor when I see one.

[mr_lebowski]

46. I totally understand ... I mean I think it's traitorous AF but it makes sense if you're him ...

Doubtful many (if any) Senators of either party would want to go on record with a vote AGAINST protecting Mueller,

They KNOW they'll then get called out by a ton of people if they do.

Which means it'd go to Trump's desk with a WAY veto-proof majority.

Trump absolutely would NOT WANT to sign it, obviously. Turtleman knows that and he knows why. He's also probably knee-deep in Rubles himself.

He also knows that then Trump, once it hit his desk, would turn around and go back to Turtle and beg him to get up to the needed 33 GOP votes on 'No' (providing the margin that the veto isn't overridden I mean) that he was nowhere near to ... the first time around.

Turtle doesn't need that headache, nor does he want 34 GOP Senators on record with a vote to NOT protect Mueller, even less does he want like 15-20 of those Senators to chicken out and 'go back' on their original votes to avoid the override.

So then he has to go back to Trump and tell him 'I can't pull it off' so Trump will have no real choice but to just sign it because getting his veto overridden is the WORST POSSIBLE 'look' for him. Esp. w/his fucking ego.

There's literally NO scenario where letting this come to the Floor is a 'winning' strategy for Turtleman, so he's just taking his ball and going home like the little butt-licking Trump Toadie and Traitor ... he is and has always been.

[Cha]

48. That should help wrest the Senate Away from

that fucking asshole.

[NoMoreRepugs]

52. It doesn't exactly fit on a bumper sticker....

But if and when McTurtle is mentioned out loud by Mr Mueller as being a part of the investigation this is going to blow up in his face like a claymore.

[floppyboo]

56. Is there any credible talk about Mueller mentioning McConnel?

Really? I just can't see it.

[Eyeball_Kid]

55. Let's go with the asshole a little bit:

McConnell asserts two things: that he won't bring a vote to the floor AND Trumpy won't fire Mueller. But McConnell only has control over ONE of those two possible actions. McConnell is also implying that he needn't bring a vote to the floor BECAUSE Trumpy won't fire Mueller, as if it's a matter of efficiency (and decency). But here's the thing: McConnell is effectively saying that he's limiting his own actions depending on Trumpy's antecedent actions. But that's a false impression because McConnell nonetheless leaves himself open to a reaction against Trumpy, if he DOES fire Mueller. McConnell preserves for himself an option. He sets the stage for a showdown between himself and Trumpy, one that he's sure he'll win. It's the journey for him; not the destination.

Can McConnell NOT take action to protect Mueller if Mueller gets fired, thus making McConnell a fool for believing in his version of Trumpy? How will McConnell save face then? If Trumpy proves McConnell to be a naive fool, McConnell must prove otherwise, or he loses his prestige in the Senate for being Trumpy's doormat in the same manner as Paul Ryan. If a similar sequence occurs before the November elections and McConnell is disgraced by Trumpy, it's a sure thing that the Dems take over the Senate. McConnell wants a demonstration of power, and he's setting the stage for leading a late Senate rally to defeat Trumpy.

I don't think any of it is wise. McConnell ought to be saving his last micrograms of testosterone for more rewarding ventures. He's a fool to play the chess game he's trying to manufacture. He has a chance right now to not only lead the Senate, but all of Congress, by actively opposing Trumpy and protecting Mueller. He can lobby for a veto override if he has to. But instead, he's moving at... a turtle's pace.

[forgotmylogin]

57. Fine, Heather.

It's your party, you get to decide what's on the stereo.

Remember, you're going down whether or not this blows up in your face. Enjoy your corn nuts.

[vlyons]

58. Well he's right that Trump would never sign it

Trump would veto it with vengeful glee on camera. But that's no excuse for McConnell to not do the right thing. Long ago, I gave up the expectation that a republican would ever do the right thing.

[infullview]

59. This guy so need to go....

[SergeStorms]

60. Payback is a bitch.........

you god-damned Republican bastards! Democrats are going to have to get tougher and shove some of this shit right back down their throats when WE get the chance. NO MORE MR./MS. NICE GUYS

[pansypoo53219]

61. what are MITCH's russian ties.

[Blue Owl]

66. The tortoise and the hairplug

n/t

[turbinetree]

67. This just shows that traitors supporting traitors

after all, this asshole decide all by himself with the help of Grassley to just rewrite the Constitution when it came to the advise and consent rule of the law in the Constitution.

So Kentucky and Iowa..................are you patriots of the Constitution or are you enablers of deceit and deception to crime.............. the choice is in your court Iowa and Kentucky......................




November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

[wiggs]

71. Why he says this: because he thinks they will get away with all of this. You would surmise

that the congressional GOP will look bad when (if) Mueller releases his findings...the complicit GOP could look complicit, irresponsible, derelict in duty, and corrupt.

Why would he do this? Same reason he knew if they delayed Obama's SCOTUS pick that the GOP would get to pick their own. Because they have a plausible plan to get over.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

73. Anyone need a used senator?

Actually, we have two here we will sell real cheap. Make good Walmart greeters and will do barbecue and bourbon tastings on weekends, but would keep one away from yard work.

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