Sen. Merkley: McConnell Paralyzed the Senate & Turned Supreme Court into "Far-Right Legislature"

[Uncle Joe]

As Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell announces he will step down as the Senate's Republican leader after 17 years — the longest term in Senate history — we speak with Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, who says, "McConnell's legacy has been one of obstruction." He describes McConnell's "aggressive" use of the filibuster, the topic of Merkley's new book, _Filibustered!: How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America_, as having "broken the cycle in which government can function." Merkley also discusses Republican manipulation of judicial appointments and the cloture motion in pushing the legislature further right.

[IA8IT]

1. McConnell didn't have anything left on his list of things to fuck up.

[young_at_heart]

2. Will we have to wait for historians?

I'd like to know now what McConnell's long-term agenda has been? We know the stories about Deripaska and also Supreme Court packing, but what and who coordinated with Moscow Mitch to be an alpha obstructionist? I guess he is saying, "My work here is done".