McConnell describes legislative filibuster as 'Kentucky's veto'

[DonViejo]

By Ali Zaslav, CNN

Updated 12:27 PM ET, Mon March 22, 2021

(CNN) - Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explained his support for the legislative filibuster's 60-vote threshold, making the case in an op-ed in his home state paper, the Courier-Journal, published Monday that the filibuster is actually "Kentucky's veto" to prevent "radical" changes that would hurt the state.

The piece comes a week after a stark warning to Democrats against changing the rules of the filibuster in a floor speech, and a WSJ op-ed making a similar point headlined: "The Scorched-Earth Senate."

In the Courier-Journal op-ed, McConnell argues the filibuster stops "radical schemes like the Green New Deal and socialized health care" that he claimed would devastate the state. He also said the filibuster protects Kentucky from being "steamrolled" by states like New York and California.

McConnell specifically uses the piece to say the filibuster stops the "radical ambitions" of those like Rep. John Yarmuth, a Kentucky Democrat and chairman of the influential House Budget Committee, pointing to his agenda on gun control and voting rights.

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[jpak]

1. Time to take it away

Fuck you turtle

Yup

[Delmette2.0]

3. FFS

As if 49 other states are not affected.

Just go away, Mitch.

[Nexus2]

2. Oh, is that he's willing to slice holes in it at the drop of hat when it suits his needs?

Not Kentucky's needs, his needs.

[dalton99a]

4. In other words, ignorant Trump trash rule America

[WA-03 Democrat]

5. Now he's just teasing us

Kill it with malice!

[roamer65]

6. Save the republic, kill the filibuster!!!!!!

[PortTack]

7. Manchin...are you listening? sinema are you listening??

The Dems have control, but you’re handing it back to turtle?!

Stop it