Mitch McConnell's Nightmare Continues As Kentucky Coal Miners Expose Him As A Fraud

[babylonsister]

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Posted on Sat, Aug 24th, 2019 by Sean Colarossi
Mitch McConnell’s Nightmare Continues As Kentucky Coal Miners Expose Him As A Fraud


Mitch McConnell might think he has the votes of coal miners locked down, but a new ad released by his Democratic opponent, Amy McGrath, shows that they’re mad as hell and ready to vote him out of office.

In the campaign spot, a coal miner explains how he and a group of other miners with black lung took a 10-hour bus ride to urge McConnell to save their disability benefits.

When the group of coal miners arrived, the Senate majority leader was only willing to spend a single minute with them.

“My stepfather and grandfather died of black lung. Now I could lose my son,” the man in the ad said. “Mitch McConnell let the coal companies walk away from us, and then after one minute, he did too.”

Link to tweet

The coal miner in the ad said:

It was a 10-hour bus ride. We were coal miners with black lung disease going to see our senator, Mitch McConnell, to try and save our disability benefits. Ten hours on a bus and we got to see him for all of one minute. My stepfather and grandfather died of black lung. Now I could lose my son. Mitch McConnell let the coal companies walk away from us, and then after one minute, he did too.

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have been conning coal workers

With their campaign rallies touting their support for coal, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have been pulling a massive con job on coal workers. It takes more than wearing a hard hat and saying you “dig coal” to be an advocate for coal workers.

Not only have Trump and McConnell been dishonest when they say they can save the dying coal industry, but they are leaving workers behind, particularly when it comes to their health benefits and pensions.

Ultimately, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell don’t care about coal workers. They care about coal companies. That’s a very different thing.

Mitch McConnell is a fraud, and the people of Kentucky – and America – are beginning to wake up to this reality.

[Scurrilous]

1. K&R

[Iliyah]

2. Wonderful . . .

But.

It is engrain in the Republican conscious that anything besides a Republican politician and ideology is poison and evil.

[MiniMe]

3. My grandfather died from black lung

That was back in 1966, and the coal company tried to screw my grandmother out of her benefits. He was about to retire, and they backdated his retirement date. My grandmother was in court for years over that.

[Faux pas]

4. Kickin' with disgust

with moscow mitch and putin's puppet.

[IcyPeas]

5. exactly this:

"Ultimately, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell don’t care about coal workers. They care about coal companies. That’s a very different thing."

[Thekaspervote]

6. Indeed

[handmade34]

7. Amy McGrath!!

I think I'll move to Kentucky so I can vote for her!!

[Ligyron]

15. Being an ex Marine and a fighter pilot at that, will help her for sure.

If anyone can defeat that sleazy, corrupt turtle, it would probably be her

[Hortensis]

8. Boy, sure hope so. Noting that Trump carried KY by @70%.

[smirkymonkey]

9. Thank you Amy!

Have already donated to the #ditchmitch campaign but plan to donate to Amy's campaign as well. I was going to wait until next week since I have maxed out on this week's donations, but I am thinking I'm going to give her a little something now.

[Brother Buzz]

10. Some wicked cool billboards are springing up in Kentucky

Here's one of Indivisible Kentucky's billboards (They are a grassroots outfit operating in Kentucky, and appear to target the coal industry voters)

https://indivisibleky.org/tag/billboard/

https://indivisibleky.org/mitch-is-bad-for-ky-billboard-launches-in-eastern-ky/



And here are Claude Taylor's Mad Dog PAC billboards:

[Vinca]

12. I love that bottom one - OUCH!

[BigmanPigman]

30. Donate to the groups that put these up...I did!

Mad Dog Pac and Indivisible are the real deal and you see your donations put to good use.

[Brother Buzz]

31. Silly me, I didn't link to Mad Dog PAC - Indeed both outfits are above reproach

High marks for Mad Dog Pack for their mid-term work in California, although Devin Nunes might disagree.

Link to tweet

[cannabis_flower]

37. BTW Mad Dog PAC

was created and supported by Claude Taylor who has a twitter feed who many on this very site have dissed and dismissed as a conspiracy theory site.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210124929

Whatever, he's doing good work!

[Vinca]

11. Great ad. I hope she beats the pants off the miserable Turtle.

[smirkymonkey]

13. Just donated to her campaign and passed on to other wealthy Dem friends to do the same.

Mitch has got to go!

[Karadeniz]

14. They're all fabulous...if these don't get kentuckians on board, nothing will!

[Stuart G]

16. Yes, this could do it ..destroy McConnell..

for the following reasons:

1. Very easy to understand
2. Shows total and complete rudeness to constituents on McConnell's part
3. Heartbreaking because those who rode 10 hours were ill with lung disease
4. Those who rode the 10 hours worked in the coal mines...(very hard work in mines)
5. How does McConnell explain this? Has he explained this?
6. Lack of explanation by McConnell makes him look even worse. Proves he doesn't care.
7. He may retire, if he does not respond that could be a sign. He has seen enough
8. If he does indeed retire, and does not run for reelection, announcement could come in a few months.
9. No matter how you see McConnell, one thing is for sure, supporting Donald Trump is a very hard job. .

[FakeNoose]

17. I hope everyone in Kentucky gets to see this - several times

If this doesn't get through to them, nothing will. Moscow Mitch is a pox on Kentucky.
There's only one cure - vote him out of office!

[Stuart G]

19. This is a great ad, and everyone in Kentucky will see it many times.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. have seen ad multiple times here in the middle of red KY

Small, local broadcast channel.

[womanofthehills]

18. Everything about Moscow Mitch is so disgusting - Amy can probably put out ad after ad

with something evil Mitch has done.

[NoMoreRepugs]

20. Overcoming an election apparatus in Kentucky

that continually sends Moscow Mitch back to the Senate will not be EZ.

[calimary]

21. K&R.

Let's hope, anyway...

[RainCaster]

22. McTurtle has a lot of rubles to retire with

Let's send him to Russia 🇷🇺

[bucolic_frolic]

23. (D) is for Democrat, (R) is for Russian

Don't let Mitch lie about this anymore. Mitch belongs to the Russian Party.

[yardwork]

24. Good. It's sad that people have had to suffer so much.

[gademocrat7]

25. K&R!

Moscow Mitch is a treasonous bastard.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

26. Has anyone here ever seen what Black Lung actually looks like ?

One of my relatives worked a career in pulmonary/respiratory medicine. After one of her patients had died of Black Lung, she wanted to see for herself what damage it had wreaked on the lungs. She obtained permission and attended the autopsy.

The lungs of that poor man were actually black, and the part of the lungs that is normally spongy-like (the alveoli) was as brittle as polystyrene and had all the elasticity of coral. His lungs were destroyed by working in coal mines for decades, starting at the age of 15. He literally died struggling to breathe.

That Bitch McConnell would turn his back on these men should tell you everything you need to know about him. He deserves no one's respect.

[nycbos]

27. Re: Mitch McConnell's Nightmare Continues

I don't know about this. Kentucky loves Trump. Moscow Mitch will blame it on Obama and people will believe him.

[mcar]

28. Moscow Mitch deserves every bit of this

[MagickMuffin]

29. Moscow Mitch undermining democracy for decades

Especially after becoming the "leader", he has subverted his duties as the so called leader.

[defacto7]

32. A heart felt K &R

[Sneederbunk]

33. Since when do Trump voters care about fraud?

[warmfeet]

34. Moscow Mitch's constituency

is not the people of Kentucky, nor Americans of any kind.

His constituency is money and those that have it, plain and simple.

He works for big money - that is his true constituency.

He gives not one shit about Americans or their plight.

We must fight, and defeat, this fraudster to have any hope for the 99%.

[MasonDreams]

35. He still has the power to block election system reform.

And WE know it !! The fascists will be cheating big and WE know it !! The questionable results are stinking already, next year, there's going to be big trouble.
WE could put a large attempt at reform,at least, in the news and on the minds of our voters
When will this effort start?

[Blue Owl]

36. I know what Mitch is getting in his stockng this Xmas

[Uncle Joe]

39. Outstanding ad!

Thanks for the thread babylonsister.

[oasis]

40. Let's Ditch Moscow Mitch.

[calimary]

41. I hope enough of Kentucky wakes up. Why they ever fell for him in the first place

is beyond me.

[Mersky]

42. Got my Moscow Mitch shirts in the mail yesterday

They are gloriously BOLD.

The buttons will shout from my purse strap like beacons of truth. https://store.kydemocrats.org/

Made a bonus, one-time donation to McGrath on top of the monthly ones. Her newest ad does my heart some good.
https://amymcgrath.com/

Mad Dog Pac - I know their signs work. I know what it means to see a message that rarely gets uttered in some parts of the country. That those who would defy the prevailing powerful hypocrites are not alone. https://maddogpac.com/

All of it gets me fired-up (in a good way)! Yay!

[ooky]

43. Well, let's see, what have they gotten from Trump and Mitch?

Coal jobs back? Nope
Terrific health care? Nope
Tax Cuts? Not that they can actually see

They've gotten nothing but a pack of lies. Seems to make sense to me that they would want to give someone else a chance rather than keep voting for people who have done nothing except run up the debt while they enrich themselves.

But, but wait... they are "Republicans", and they might lose their "guns".