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State bankruptcy furor shakes up McConnell reelection bid
BY JORDAIN CARNEY AND MAX GREENWOOD - 04/29/20 06:00 AM EDT
Democrats are seizing on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells (R-Ky.) suggestion that states should be able to declare bankruptcy as the party looks to bring his Kentucky seat into play.
The GOP leader has made his outsized influence in Washington a key pillar of his campaign, positioning himself as the driving force behind Congresss coronavirus relief bills and touting his efforts to score critical federal aid for his state.
But Democrats believe McConnells remarks that states facing budget shortfalls amid the pandemic should be able to use the bankruptcy route blow a hole in his reelection argument.
I would anticipate seeing them in a lot of campaign ads, said Ryan Aquilina, the executive director of the Ditch Mitch Fund, a Democratic-aligned outside group. It was the single stupidest thing I have seen him say in quite some time. ... I think in a state like Kentucky it really is an attack on pensions, its an attack on the Medicaid program, on cops.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/495169-state-bankruptcy-furor-shakes-up-mcconnell-reelection-bid
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State bankruptcy furor shakes up McConnell reelection bid (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Apr 2020
OP
Taker mcCONnell is DIVIDING the UNITED States, in the middle of life & death crisis. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2020
#1
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,773 posts)1. Taker mcCONnell is DIVIDING the UNITED States, in the middle of life & death crisis. . . nt
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2. Moscow Mitch hands another gift to McGrath
Fuckin' geeenius!
grumpyduck
(6,197 posts)3. Crash. And. Burn.
Asshole!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)4. Good
Moscow Mitch reaps what he sows.