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| − | '''Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr.''', born February 20, 1942 (age {{age|1942|2|20}}), is the senior [[Republican]] United States Senator from [[Kentucky]] and the current Senate [[Majority Leader]]. McConnell is a [[RINO]] who blocks [[pro-life]] legislation, who pushes for [[pro-abortion]] nominees to the courts, and who rams through [[liberal]]-favored deals to increase the [[debt ceiling]]. | + | '''Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr.''', born February 20, 1942 (age {{age|1942|2|20}}), is the senior [[Republican]] United States Senator from [[Kentucky]] and the current Senate [[Majority Leader]]. McConnell is a [[Moderate Republican]] who blocked GOP bills, who pushes for [[pro-abortion]] nominees to the courts,<sup>[Citation needed]</sup> and who often rams through [[liberal]]-favored deals to increase the [[debt ceiling]]. |
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| − | A [[globalist]], McConnell is arguably the least effective [[Majority Leader]] in history, accomplishing remarkably little in two years of [[Republican]] control of both the [[White House]] and [[Congress]] under President [[Donald Trump]]. While credited with confirming some appellate judges, not all of whom are [[conservative]], McConnell has made very little progress in confirming Trump's nominees to district court judgeships. | + | A [[globalist]], McConnell was arguably the least effective [[Majority Leader]] ever during the 115th U.S. Congress, accomplishing remarkably little in two years of [[Republican]] control of both the [[White House]] and [[Congress]] under President [[Donald Trump]]. While credited with confirming some appellate judges, not all of whom are [[conservative]], McConnell has made very little progress in confirming Trump's nominees to district court judgeships.<sup>[Citation needed]</sup> |
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| | In 2018 and again in 2020, McConnell worked overtime to try to keep his critic [[Roy Moore]] from being elected to the [[U.S. Senate]] from [[Alabama]], preferring instead that the deeply [[Republican]] state elect a [[Democrat]] or a pro-[[Deep State]] Republican. | | In 2018 and again in 2020, McConnell worked overtime to try to keep his critic [[Roy Moore]] from being elected to the [[U.S. Senate]] from [[Alabama]], preferring instead that the deeply [[Republican]] state elect a [[Democrat]] or a pro-[[Deep State]] Republican. |
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| | McConnell is married to [[Elaine Chao]], the current [[United States Secretary of Transportation]]. He is a [[Baptist]] but was married to Sherrill Redmon from 1968 to 1980 before divorcing. | | McConnell is married to [[Elaine Chao]], the current [[United States Secretary of Transportation]]. He is a [[Baptist]] but was married to Sherrill Redmon from 1968 to 1980 before divorcing. |
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| | + | McConnell has been subject to multiple liberal smears and attacks after the 2016 election. In one case, he was confronted by an unhinged liberal while dining with his wife.<ref>[https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-mitch-mcconnell-attacked-dining-wife/ Watch: Mitch McConnell Attacked While Dining with His Wife]</ref> In another instance, protestors outside his home called for violence against the senator.<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/08/06/protester-outside-mitch-mcconnells-home-says-stab-the-motherfcker-in-the-heart-n2551245 Protester Outside Mitch McConnell's Home Says 'Stab The Motherf*cker In The Heart']</ref> After blocking two partisan "election security" bills, he has been labeled as "Moscow Mitch" by communist-supporting [[Liberal hypocrisy|liberal hypocrites]].<ref>[https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/455570-kentucky-democrats-sell-moscow-mitch-gear-after-mcconnell Kentucky Democrats sell 'Moscow Mitch' gear after McConnell blocks election security bills]</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |