“So long as the Senate Republicans prevent legislation from reaching the floor, so long as they oppose additional appropriations to the states, so long as they malign election security provisions as, quote, partisan wish lists, the critics are right to say Leader McConnell and Republican senators are blocking election security,” Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, said on the floor Tuesday.[July 30, 2019] 1
New pressure on the top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who blocked a series of elections security bills despite warnings from Bob Mueller and American intelligence that Russia is still at it. McConnell is furious with his new ‘Moscow Mitch’ nickname as progressive groups put up billboards in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky showing McConnell in a Russian military uniform. Senator Richard Blumenthal and Malcom Nance, a former counter-intelligence operative in the U-S military join The Beat. 2
- The New York Times, Carl Hulse, July 30, 2019 – ‘Moscow Mitch’ Tag Enrages McConnell and Squeezes G.O.P. on Election Security
- MSNBC via YouTube.com, August 1, 2019 – ‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell ‘Fuming’ With Trolling | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC
