McConnell Backs Off Warning to Corporate America

[applegrove]

McConnell Backs Off Warning to Corporate America

April 7, 2021 at 4:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 43 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/07/mcconnell-backs-off-warning-to-corporate-america/

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) backed off his “warning” that businesses should stay away from politics, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said McConnell: “I didn’t say that very artfully yesterday.”

He clarified that companies are entitled to be involved in politics: “My principle complaint is, they didn’t read the darn bill… There are many states right now after the new Georgia law, that are much more restrictive than the new Georgia law.”

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[roamer65]

1. A big corporate yanked the weasel's chain.

[ananda]

2. Full of BS again! The bill is that bad!

All of them are!

[applegrove]

3. My name is Mitch and i use passive adjectives like "darn" because i am

just a little guy not a corporate sleezebag hypocritically enraged by the reality that many types of people and organizations don't want to live in my fascist version of the country.

[gratuitous]

4. "I didn't say that very artfully"

Ya think?

What Sen. McConnell meant to say was that businesses should be involved in politics up to their eyeballs on behalf of Republicans, but sit down and shut up if they strayed off the plantation at all.

But anyway, okay, Georgia Mitch: A couple of "reporters" have taken a run at how other states are more restrictive than Georgia's new law. You may have seen Doocy get spanked yesterday by Press Secretary Psaki when he made a half-assed attempt at drawing parallels between Georgia and Colorado. What else you got, fuckface?

[localroger]

14. Sorry about that threat guys, how about a nice lie instead? nt

[malaise]

5. Someone must have sent him Rachel reminder from last night

Fuck that turtle shell of a human being

[lame54]

7. Excuse me while I change my lie

[lame54]

8. Shut your lettuce hole Mitch

[belpejic]

9. Yertle hasn't adjusted to the fact that he's out of power

And people just don't give as many f**ks about what he says and does.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Did He Tell Lindell To STFU?

If not, his opinion is partisan blather.

[SWBTATTReg]

11. You didn't say it very 'artfully'? You shouldn't had said a damn thing, we all do have 1st amend-

ment rights to speak out on whatever we want, whenever we want, and the only restrictions I'm aware of, is yelling FIRE! in a crowded venue.

Added: This statement by moscow mitch further proves his incompetence and inability to lead on anything, and just proves that he mouths off w/o thinking, as usual. I'm surprised being that his good buddies at ALEC or the Chamber of Commerce didn't tell him what to say (a business org.) with regard to businesses participating in the political process in this Country. Or, they did say something to him and that's why he's backing off his initial comments.

[blm]

12. ALEC Corporations have been writing legislation for GOP for years.

McConnell’s job has been to push through whatever ALEC wanted.

[central scrutinizer]

13. When you're 'splaining, you're losing

Bwah hah!

[prodigitalson]

15. That didn't take long.

One phone call asking "is that your final answer?

[applegrove]

16. Gallup poll out today. Republicans way down. Bet ya republicans start

being for more liberal legislation in a week.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-number-of-americans-identifying-as-republican-is-the-lowest-its-been-in-a-decade-gallup-poll-11617812129?mod=mw_latestnews

[kentuck]

17. Maybe all those states need fixing?

If they are worse than Georgia?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Probably received calls from several business groups

"Remember the money we gave you last year? Hope you didn't spend it all because you're not getting anymore."

[Martin68]

19. Oops. Mitch messed up and he's backtracking. He's on the defensive and he's running out of options.