Turtle man IS going to support legislation that would make it harder to overturn a certified

[a kennedy]

Presidential election.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday he would support legislation that would make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, an endorsement that will bolster its chances for passage in his chamber and puts him at sharp odds with former President Donald Trump, who has called on GOP senators to sink the plan.

McConnell said the “chaos” of the pro-Trump attack on the Capitol last year “certainly underscored the need for an update.”

“I strongly support the modest changes that our colleagues in the working group have fleshed out after literally months of detailed discussions,” McConnell said. “I’ll proudly support the legislation, provided that nothing more than technical changes are made to its current form.”

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/politics/electoral-count-act-mitch-mcconnell/index.html

[Dorian Gray]

1. He hates trump

which is making him do the right thing here.

[a kennedy]

2. Bout damn time eh??

[demosincebirth]

4. Naw, he's got his finger in the wind

[demosincebirth]

5. Naw, he's got his finger in the wind

[Walleye]

3. I'm suspicious. Maybe he made a deal with Sinema about something else, quid pro quo

[Pinback]

6. He wants to keep overturning the will of the voters with traditional methods. (nt)

[Shermann]

7. At some point, you really have to address the things you say you are all about.

For realsies.

It has been demonstrated for the world to see that the biggest threat to our election integrity is from an inside job.

[rurallib]

8. It just hit me why he would support this bill - screwing the election will be done in the states

After Moore v. Harper (the independent legislature case) from North Carolina that the SCOTUS will rule on this year - SCOTUS will rule that the state legislatures will have the power to choose the electors in their state even if the slate of electors does not match with the vote in that state.

Thus McConnell anticipates battles over slates of electors and this bill would stop that.

Just my speculation.