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GOP Rep. Pete King Shreds 'Marie Antionette' Mitch McConnell's Bankruptcy Plan
04/23/2020 12:13 am ET
The Republican lawmaker called the Senate leader shameful and indefensible.
By Ed Mazza
- video
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday suggested that states could go bankrupt rather than get additional federal funding to deal with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
And at least one member of his own party is slamming the plan.
Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) ripped McConnell in a pair of tweets on Wednesday evening:
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
More:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-king-mitch-mcconell-state-bankruptcy-coronavirus_n_5ea1009fc5b699978a332f37
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GOP Rep. Pete King Shreds 'Marie Antionette' Mitch McConnell's Bankruptcy Plan (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
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scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)1. Wow! Peter King? Who'a thunk it!!!?
Maybe it's King's revenge for losing all those committee assignments last year.
elleng
(130,895 posts)2. Maybe it's King being rational???
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)3. Nah, that's too hard to believe...
blm
(113,052 posts)4. He's retiring.
Nothing to lose!
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)6. K&R