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Continue readingMitch McConnell fractures shoulder after fall in Kentucky home, spokesman says
"This morning, Leader McConnell tripped at home on his outside patio and suffered a fractured shoulder," David Popp, McConnell's communications director, said in a statement. The 77-year-old was treated and released and is working from his home, Popp ...
Continue readingWhile You Were Offline: Mitch McConnell Got a New Nickname
What happened: In the memetic war of 2019, shots have been fired against Senate leader Mitch McConnell. And he owes it all to Russia. What really happened: If the Trump era has taught anyone anything about the world, it's that nicknames are what change ...
Continue readingLíder de mayoría en el Senado, Mitch McConnell, sufre fractura del hombro tras caída
McConnell, de 77 años, se tropezó en la mañana en su patio al aire libre, indicó David Popp, vocero del líder republicano, en un comunicado por correo electrónico. Ya recibió atención médica y fue dado de alta. El legislador está trabajando desde su casa ...
Continue readingSen. Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder at his home, spokesman says
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fractured his shoulder while at home, his office announced Sunday. He tripped on his outdoor patio, a statement from spokesman David Popp said. McConnell was treated and released to his home, where he is ...
Continue readingEl líder de la mayoría republicana en el Senado federal se fracturó el hombro
El senador en su sexto período acudió el sábado a un evento político en Kentucky, donde algunos demócratas portaban camisetas que decían “Mitch de Moscú” acompañadas del símbolo comunista de la hoz y el martillo, y otros abuchearon a McConnell ...
Continue readingAide: Sen Mitch McConnell trips, breaks shoulder in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recovering at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said. McConnell tripped on his outdoor patio at his Louisville home Sunday morning, and ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell se fractura el hombro al caerse
El líder de la mayoría en el Senado Mitch McConnell se está recuperando en su casa en Kentucky tras fracturarse un hombro en una caída el domingo, dijo un portavoz. McConnell, de 77 años, se tropezó en la mañana en su patio al aire libre, indicó David ...
Continue readingRepublican Senate leader Mitch McConnell fumes over 'Moscow Mitch' taunt, emboldening his critics
“National derision followed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell home,” the Louisville Courier Journal reported Saturday, “as Democrats taunted the GOP leader with T-shirts, signs and continuous chants of 'Moscow Mitch' during his speech at St. Jerome ...
Continue readingDemocrats Call On Mitch McConnell To Reconvene Senate For Gun Vote
Democrats on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to reconvene the upper chamber to vote on House legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers in the wake of deadly mass shootings in Texas and Ohio ...
Continue readingMcConnell fractures shoulder in fall at Kentucky home
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was briefly hospitalized after suffering a fractured shoulder from a fall outside his home in Louisville on Sunday, his office said in a statement. “This morning, Leader McConnell tripped at home on his outside ...
Continue readingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recovering from fractured shoulder
A spokesman for Mitch McConnell said the Senate majority leader tripped outside his home in Kentucky early Sunday and suffered a shoulder fracture. David Popp, a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican, said in a statement Sunday afternoon that ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell fractures his shoulder
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fractured his shoulder on Sunday and is recovering at his home in Kentucky, according to his spokesman. Spokesman David Popp said in a statement the majority leader tripped on his patio at home. He plans to work ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell fractures shoulder after falling in Kentucky home
... McConnell tripped at home on his outside patio and suffered a fractured shoulder," David Popp, McConnell's communications director, said in a statement. "He has been treated, released, and is working from home in Louisville." McConnell's injury comes as ...
Continue readingMcConnell relishes role as 2020 debate villain
Josh Holmes, a longtime adviser and McConnell's former chief of staff, predicted that Democratic contenders appearing in Thursday's debate have “been rehearsing their Mitch McConnell answer in the mirror all afternoon following the lefty handwringing over ...
Continue readingJoe Biden gets defensive during debate over his work with Mitch McConnell
Joe Biden — who liberal critics say is too willing to work with an uncompromising Republican party — had to defend his working relationship with Democratic foil Mitch McConnell Thursday, insisting that sometimes you just need to make a deal. The former ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell Pleads 'Guilty' To 'Stopping The Liberal Agenda'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was encouraged by the criticism he received during Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate. While both moderators and candidates cited McConnell for holding obstructionist stances toward Democratic ...
Continue readingMcConnell says he was 'thrilled' to be frequently mentioned at Democratic debate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he was “thrilled” with frequent mentions of his name during the first round of the first Democratic debate as the candidates struggled with the question of how they would deal with the top ...
Continue readingAdam Scott tells Mitch McConnell to take down his 'Parks and Rec' GIF
(CNN) "Parks and Recreation" star Adam Scott was not OK with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell using a GIF featuring his character, Ben Wyatt. Scott tweeted Wednesday: "Dear Mitch McConnell & all those representing him,. Please refrain from using ...
Continue readingMcConnell willing to vote on new Dem president's Supreme Court nominee
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is willing to consider a Democratic president's Supreme Court nominee in 2021 if President Donald Trump loses reelection, calling it “politically unsustainable” to extend his blockade into the opening days of a new ...
Continue readingNancy Pelosi Just Got Rolled By Mitch McConnell on Immigration: “I Think She Got Sabotaged”
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be the most powerful Democrat in America, but she just got rolled on an emergency border-funding measure by President Trump and Senate Republicans led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Continue readingMcConnell on Democratic criticism: 'I plead guilty'
the top Democrat on the Senate Rules Committee, also blamed McConnell during Wednesday night's Democratic debate for blocking election security bills. Legislation to bolster the nation's elections has hit a wall amid pushback from Senate Republicans ...
Continue readingWho won the Democratic presidential debate? It might be Mitch McConnell
Democratic candidates for president were grilled Wednesday night by debate hosts on what they would do if they replaced Donald Trump in the White House. But the question of how they would potentially work with Sen. Mitch McConnell could be just as ...
Continue readingAdam Scott and Mitch McConnell Are in a Fight Involving Parks and Recreation GIFs and the Confederate Flag
The news every morning is determined by spinning a very big wheel of insane scenarios, and this week it landed on—checks wheel—Parks and Recreation and Big Little Lies actor Adam Scott getting into it with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Continue readingNancy Pelosi Gives In To Mitch McConnell As House Passes Senate Version Of Border Aid Bill
Democrats were adamant that the children should come first, but not everyone was in agreement that Democrats should give in to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other Republicans. Progressive Caucus Co-Chairman Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell was 'thrilled' the Democrats made their debate all about him
To paraphrase the singing nuns of Austria, how do you solve a problem like Mitch McConnell? That question was one of the trickiest of the night during the first Democratic debate on Wednesday, and one that was also never satisfyingly answered. Still, at least ...
Continue readingMcConnell rejects Democrats' demands to change $4.6 billion border funding bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanded Thursday that House Democrats drop their insistence for changes in a $4.6 billion border aid package that the Senate passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and instead give final ...
Continue readingActor Adam Scott and Sen. Mitch McConnell's social media team are in a Twitter fight
This is where we are now. Actors and politicians Twitter beefing over memes, GIFs and Supreme Court nominations is completely normal. Nothing to see here. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's social media team — the folks in charge ...
Continue readingMcConnell opposes paying reparations: 'None of us currently living are responsible' for slavery
McConnell's comments -- the most expansive he has publicly made on the issue that his office was immediately aware of -- came a day before the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is set to hold a ...
Continue readingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says slavery reparations are not a 'good idea'
McConnell's remarks come just one day before a House Judiciary subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the topic of reparations -- the first hearing on the issue in over a decade. The hearing will "examine, through open and constructive discourse, ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell says America made up for slavery by electing Barack Obama
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) scoffed at the idea of reparations during his weekly press conference Tuesday, saying that slavery was part of America's distant past, and pointing as evidence to the election of former President Barack Obama ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell Says Obama's Election Means We Don't Need Reparations
McConnell: “I don't think reparations for something that happened 150 yrs ago for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea. We've tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war ...We've elected an African American ...
Continue readingJon Stewart to Mitch McConnell: Don't Make the 9/11 First Responders Beg for Help
Comic Jon Stewart used his buddy Stephen Colbert's late-night show to keep the heat on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for passage of legislation to replenish a victims' fund for first responders to the 9/11 attacks. Stewart mocked McConnell on ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell Says He Doesn't Support Reparations: “We've Elected An African-American President”
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell said reparations is a no-go on Tuesday, citing the election of former president Barack Obama as one way the nation has dealt with its “original sin of slavery.” “I don't think reparations for ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell dismisses reparations, cites Barack Obama's presidency as reason
Don't count Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) among those who support reparations. McConnell was asked about the matter at his weekly news conference on Tuesday, responding that he doesn't think "reparations are a good idea." Among ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell Says Slavery Reparations Aren't Needed Because We Elected Barack Obama President
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Tuesday that he doesn't believe reparations are an appropriate remedy for America's centuries-long history of slavery. "I don't think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago, for which ...
Continue readingChuck Schumer: It's Possible To Shame Mitch McConnell Into Action
Stewart, a longtime advocate for 9/11 responders, tore into McConnell last week during an interview on Fox News. He accused the Senate majority leader of slow-walking a bill that would authorize compensation for first responders and survivors still suffering ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell Says Reparations for Slavery Are Not a 'Good Idea'
(WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected reparations for slavery in part because it would be hard to know whom to pay. The Kentucky Republican spoke to reporters on the eve of a rare House hearing on what ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell shuts down reparations talk
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday ruled out Congress passing reparations, saying nobody alive now was responsible for slavery and saying it would be unworkable to figure out who should benefit. Mr. McConnell's statement was the ...
Continue readingMitch McConnell Calls DC Statehood 'Full-Bore Socialism'
McConnell's comments on one of the nation's highest-rated TV news programs demonstrate to Burch that Republicans are noticing the statehood movement's momentum. “I think he's starting to feel the fact that there is a real national conversation about D.C. ...
Continue readingWatch Jon Stewart tear into Sen. Mitch McConnell over 9/11 victims fund
The former “Daily Show” host then sarcastically apologized for bothering Congress, saying he “didn't mean to interrupt them with their jobs,” and he accused McConnell of using 9/11 first responders for political purposes. Begging McConnell to meet with first ...
Continue readingJon Stewart keeping up pressure on Mitch McConnell
Comic Jon Stewart used his buddy Stephen Colbert's late-night show to keep the heat on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for passage of legislation to replenish a victims' fund for first responders to the 9/11 attacks. Stewart mocked McConnell on ...
Continue readingMcConnell's blockade of House legislation is about to face its toughest test
Here's a case study that they are going to be very interested in, that shows ... the problem is not with Washington, the problem is not broadly with Congress, the problem is with Mitch McConnell, who will not bring any of these things to the Senate floor.".
Continue readingJon Stewart slams Mitch McConnell over 9/11 victim fund on Stephen Colbert's show
WASHINGTON – Jon Stewart went after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Monday to urge him to usher through passage of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. Stewart and first responders had testified ...
Continue readingJon Stewart fires back at Mitch McConnell over 9/11 victims fund
Jon Stewart struck back against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the lawmaker said the former "Daily Show" host was "all bent out of shape" over the 9/11 first responders bill. Stewart responded to the Kentucky Republican's comments during his ...
Continue reading'I'm bent out of shape for them': Jon Stewart roasts Mitch McConnell over 9/11 victims fund
Comedian Jon Stewart delivered a searing response Monday night to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who said earlier in the day that he didn't know why the former host of “The Daily Show” was “all bent out of shape” over the future of the ...
Continue readingJon Stewart Goes Nuclear on Mitch McConnell Over 9/11 Bill
Now Stewart has set his sights on the bill's final hurdle: Mitch McConnell, whom the comedian has accused of using the bill as a political pawn. And on Monday night, he took the fight back to his home turf, television, by crashing The Late Show with Stephen ...
Continue readingWatch Jon Stewart Tear Into Mitch McConnell on 'Colbert'
After Jon Stewart recently gave an emotional testimony before a House Judiciary Committee to ask Congress to extend the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed that the former late night host was “bent ...
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