Mitch McConnell defends the Senate’s response to the coronavirus, blames Pelosi for the failure of a post-CARES deal: “I know how to make deals. I made three major deals with Joe Biden during the Obama era,” he says. 
In Kentucky, Mitch McConnell says Obamacare is safe while defending Amy Coney Barrett: “No one believes the Supreme Court is going to strike down the Affordable Care Act.”
Amy McGrath doesn’t say if she favors expanding the Supreme Court.
Mitch McConnell doesn’t say if he believes Roe v. Wade should be overturned. “Well I’m pro-life myself,” he says, and adds: “But that’s a different issue than what’s before the Supreme Court... No one knows what may happen with any nominee.”
Amy McGrath steers the conversation back to the ACA.
Context: Trump’s administration has endorsed the lawsuit to wipe out the law and McConnell has previously said he doesn’t fault him for trying. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Context: Trump’s administration has endorsed the lawsuit to wipe out the law and McConnell has previously said he doesn’t fault him for trying. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
McConnell boasts that he has used his power to bring back billions in federal dollars to Kentucky that it wouldn’t otherwise have, saying: “I give Kentucky the opportunity to punch above its weight.”
(Remember the tea party?)
(Remember the tea party?)
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