Mitch McConnell says the final version of the Democrats' 'Build Back Better' bill will be 'written b

[Polybius]

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Source: Business Insider

Mitch McConnell says the final version of the Democrats' 'Build Back Better' bill will be 'written by Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the final version of the Democrats' $1.75 trillion "Build Back Better" social spending bill will be "written by Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema," the two moderate Democrats that have frustrated progressives with various objections to the legislation central to President Joe Biden's agenda.

"The House bill will come over, [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer will offer a substitute, and the substitute will be written by Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema," he said. "If there is no substitute, it would mean that neither of them got on board."

The Kentucky Republican made the remarks in an interview on "Flyover Country with Scott Jennings," a podcast hosted by conservative media consultant Scott Jennings, that was released on Friday.

McConnell sought to defend his vote in favor of a bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the House last week, which garnered 19 Republican votes in the Senate in August but just 13 Republican votes in the other chamber last Friday. Those 13 Republicans now face calls to lose their committee assignments and threatening calls from constituents.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/mitch-mcconnell-build-back-better-joe-manchin-kyrsten-sinema-reconciliation-2021-11

[Budi]

1. LOL Mitch. It's already been written by President Biden.

It surely won't be written at all by Mitch McConnell!!
In fact, it never would have been a thought in McConnell's Senate.

GFY

[Comfortably_Numb]

2. Moscowmitch says what??

[Slammer]

3. Since when has Mitch been right about anything? n/t

[ColinC]

4. Broken clock, etc..

[cstanleytech]

5. He has seen how Sinema and Manchin have been angering many Democrats and is hoping

to at the very least drive a further wedge between them and the rest of the Democrats with the best case scenario of getting one or both of them to switch to the Republican party.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. +1000

My money is on both switching after the 2022 election. They're getting donations from traditionally non-Democratic sources (big pharma. fossil fuels, Chamber of Commerence), and Manchin and Sinema are getting thank-you notes for their unwavering stand on the filibuster.

[lapucelle]

6. Mitch is working hard to sow division.

Everyone knows exactly what he’s up to.

[JohnSJ]

7. Who cares what McConnell thinks about Democrats

[monkeyman1]

8. this will go over like a fart in church !!

[Johnyawl]

9. Even if it is Written by Manchin and Sinema...

...it'll be better for America then anything Moscow Mitch has written in his career.

[DanieRains]

11. Better Than The Koch Empire Your Owner

And slavemaster.

[JudyM]

12. Locking.

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