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babylonsister

(171,092 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:21 AM Mar 2020

McConnell Blames Impeachment for Slow Pandemic Action [View all]

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McConnell Blames Impeachment for Slow Pandemic Action
March 31, 2020 at 10:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told Hugh Hewitt that because the Senate was “tied down on the impeachment trial” during the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, “it diverted the attention of the government, because everything every day was all about impeachment.”

An alternative view from Joshua Geltzer: “Impeachment didn’t distract Trump. It revealed how he would handle coronavirus.”

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McConnell Blames Impeachment for Slow Pandemic Action [View all] babylonsister Mar 2020 OP

What an utterly useless turd McTurtle is hangaleft Mar 2020 #1

Or it could be that.... Uben Mar 2020 #2

anything to allow the least qualified person on earth to escape any blame spanone Mar 2020 #3

They are gonna try stuff until something works. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #4

McConnell wanted a speedy trial. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #5

If the senate had removed him, the distraction would have been irrelevant Volaris Mar 2020 #17

Slimeball. n/t Laelth Mar 2020 #6

And the dog ate his homework. tavernier Mar 2020 #7

Motherf*cker awesomerwb1 Mar 2020 #8

McConnell will blame Clinton's emails next uponit7771 Mar 2020 #9

That actually makes no sense -this from Chris Murphy malaise Mar 2020 #10

He's running that up the flag pole to see if it gets any traction. FU Moscow Mitch captain queeg Mar 2020 #11

Then McConnell and his republican axis of evil are responsible for 9/11 ffr Mar 2020 #12

It wasn't the impeachment, you fucking prick. grumpyduck Mar 2020 #13

I don't wish COVID-19 on that evil bastard dalton99a Mar 2020 #14

If You Gave The Freak An Enema, Ma'am, You Could Bury Him In a Matchbox The Magistrate Mar 2020 #15

Funny how the repugs never pointed out that they needed to deal with covid, during the impeachment Mc Mike Mar 2020 #16

Neat, I blame Moscow Mitch! Brainfodder Mar 2020 #18

So he admits the response was slow. Mz Pip Mar 2020 #19

Because you can only concentrate on one thing at a time, right Mitch? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #20

wonder what took him so long to 2naSalit Mar 2020 #21

McConnell admitting Trump has failed with dealing with covid19 LizBeth Mar 2020 #22

That reminds me EndlessWire Mar 2020 #23