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https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-trump-peaceful-protesters-4f2209d1-7cad-477c-a5fa-1a9fee4e625a.htmlSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked a resolution introduced by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday that would have condemned the use of tear gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters outside the White House on Monday in order to allow President Trump to walk to St. John's Church.
What they're saying: "Justice for black Americans in the face of unjust violence, and peace for our country in the face of looting, riots, and domestic terror. Those are the two issues Americans want addressed," McConnell said on the Senate floor.
"Unfortunately, this resolution from my friend the Democratic leader does not address either one of them. Instead, it just indulges in the myopic obsession with President Trump that has come to define the Democratic side of the aisle."
"Outside of the Washington, D.C., bubble, there is no universe where Americans think Democrats' obsession with condemning President Trump is a more urgent priority than ending the riots or advancing racial justice."
The other side: The resolution that Schumer introduced also affirmed the constitutional rights of peaceful protesters and condemned violence and looting.
"It's very simple why the Republican leader objected to our resolution and offered this one instead," Schumer said, after objecting to a counter-resolution from McConnell that stripped out references to Trump.
"It's because they do not want to condemn what the president did, though every fair minded American of any political party would. We certainly should condemn violence let me repeat, this resolution condemns violence but it is insufficient in light of what happened just to condemn violence, and not condemn what the president did as well."
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,570 posts)Getting rid of Moscow Mitch is just about as important as getting rid of Fat Nixon himself.
Squinch
(50,901 posts)global1
(25,219 posts)in support of the resolution that Schumer introduced. They should use it to produce a commercial of Trump - with soundbites from his statement yesterday as he unleashed the police & military against the peaceful protesters so he could walk to the Church and get have a photo op holding the Bible. Then I would cut to a Zoom screen with all the Dem Senators and House Reps taking a knee in support of the resolution.
MyOwnPeace
(16,913 posts)that the people of Kentucky will make him pay!
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,570 posts)since he's the senior senator from Kentucky.
Yes, my fervent hope.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)right wing judges appointed for life.
Eugene
(61,799 posts)still_one
(92,058 posts)malaise
(268,633 posts)crickets
(25,949 posts)Is anyone in the Senate going to make any loud noises about it, keep hounding him on it, or will it just quietly go away after a little squawk or two the way most of the bills and resolutions do?
Kid Berwyn
(14,788 posts)Putin must have some kinda kompromat on Sen. Weirdo.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)And if KY puts up a squawk, cut federal funding by 50 pct and refund it to the blue states like NY and CA.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,232 posts)dhill926
(16,302 posts)I would blanket the entire state with Moscow Mitch billboards, followed up by a blistering ad campaign...
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Well, yeah, what about all the other presidents who are ordering shootings and gassing citizens? You're all just so obsessed with President Trump's actions when he's just one person! Why is everyone so down on him?
I wonder if Trump tosses McConnell a treat when he comes out with this ridiculous shit?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)office? Mitch is such a raging hypocrite. I want to see him out on his ass and in prison as much as Trump and Barr.