Moscow Mitch has proven himself willing to mess around with your life and health during this time of global pandemic. He's taken his own sweet time—and the nation's time—in having the Senate act on the second big coronavirus response bill from Nancy Pelosi's House. True to form, however, he has a great sense of urgency when it comes to his own political skin.
McConnell is politicizing the crisis at home in Kentucky, asking likely Democratic challenger Amy McGrath to suspend running campaign ads for the duration of the pandemic. "Amy McGrath’s decision to blanket the airwaves with deceitful ads during the coronavirus outbreak is tasteless and shameful," says his campaign manager, Kevin Golden. As if McConnell postponing a vote on a pandemic response bill for three days and counting so he could take a victory lap on getting another unqualified federal judge on to the bench wasn't tasteless and shameful.
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But that's McConnell in a nutshell; he's a troll, accusing opponents of doing exactly what he does himself and calling them shameful when he is the living embodiment of political shamelessness. For example: "As Kentuckians adjust their daily lives and schedules to help stem the outbreak, the last thing they need to see on TV is negative political advertising," Golden continued. "The McGrath campaign must stop airing all of their advertisements." Meanwhile, McConnell has called the House bill to combat the pandemic an "ideological wish list"; implied Tuesday that the House had been foot dragging and "finally" completed a bill; and dismissed the bill worked out by Nancy Pelosi and the White House—which he was refusing to work on—as "non comprehensive."
The McGrath campaign isn't biting. "Amy is well aware of the stress the coronavirus pandemic is causing Kentuckians and our nation. The only person who doesn’t seem to understand that is Sen. McConnell," McGrath spokesman Terry Sebastian, said. "He has a 35-year failed track record on issues like health care and jobs in Kentucky, and now—during a public health crisis—he took a long weekend instead of doing his job and working to pass a relief package immediately."