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WATCH: McConnell's  'Confederate Voldemort' Laugh About Covid Relief

WATCH: McConnell's  'Confederate Voldemort' Laugh About Covid Relief

Sen. Mitch McConnell laughed Monday night when the Democratic challenger for his Kentucky Senate seat, Amy McGrath, pointed out that as majority leader of the Senate, he has not passed needed relief for the millions of workers who lost their jobs in the economic downturn resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

McGrath correctly pointed out that the Democratic-led House passed more relief for the millions of jobless back in May in a bill McConnell refused to put up for a vote in the Senate. Since then, McConnell has taken a back seat as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi negotiates with the White House, and he appears to be unable to bring together enough Senate Republicans to pass any kind of relief for those still out of work.

"Senator, it is a national crisis. You knew that the coronavirus wasn't going to end at the end of July. We knew this," McGrath said, as McConnell smiled and laughed. "If you want to call yourself a leader, you gotta get things done. Those of us who served in the Marines, we don't just point fingers at the other side, we get the job done."


Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

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New Poll Shows McConnell Safe — But Graham In Serious Danger

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have spent decades in the U.S. Senate — McConnell was first elected in 1984, Graham in 2002 — and the southern Republicans are both up for reelection this year. Democratic voters would love to see both of them voted out of office, but according to new polls, Graham is by far the more vulnerable of the two.

According to a new Morning Consult poll, Graham is leading his Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, by only one percent in South Carolina — which, factoring in the poll's margin of error, makes that race a dead heat. But in Kentucky, Morning Consult found that McConnell is ahead of Amy McGrath — the centrist Democrat who is challenging him — by 17 percent.

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After Massacre, McConnell Tweet Shows Democratic Opponent’s Tombstone

After Massacre, McConnell Tweet Shows Democratic Opponent’s Tombstone

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested the challenger for his Senate seat should die in a Twitter post placed online hours after the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas.

Some 22 people were murdered by a white supremacist terrorist who echoed anti-immigrant sentiments from Trump, McConnell’s closest political ally.

In a photo posted to the Team Mitch official campaign account on Saturday afternoon, a mock gravestone reading “RIP Amy McGrath” can be seen alongside pro-McConnell campaign signs. The photos were posted alongside a photo of a smiling McConnell.

McGrath is a Democratic candidate for the Senate seat currently held by McConnell. She slammed his ghoulish photo on Monday.

“Hours after the El Paso shooting, Mitch McConnell proudly tweeted this photo,” she wrote. “I find it so troubling that our politics have become so nasty and personal that the Senate Majority Leader thinks it’s appropriate to use imagery of the death of a political opponent (me) as messaging.”

“It’s symptomatic of what is wrong with our system. I’m fine with the ordinary rough and tumble of politics, but this strikes me as beyond the pale.”

Along with the gravestone wishing death on McGrath, McConnell also posted gravestones for Alison Lundergan Grimes, who unsuccessfully ran against him in 2014, and Merrick Garland, whose Supreme Court nomination McConnell held up.

McConnell has embraced the mantle of “Grim Reaper” as he has promised to block popular Democratic legislation that has passed the House from even receiving a vote in the Senate.

McConnell has said that he would oppose allowing the Senate to vote on legislation proposed by a Democratic president if Trump is defeated in 2020.

McConnell has embraced death as his reelection motif and theme, and he isn’t willing to let any sort of standards in the wake of a mass killing prevent him from making his point.

Published with permission of The American Independent.

Veterans Outraged By Trump Plan To Pardon War Crimes

Veterans Outraged By Trump Plan To Pardon War Crimes

Many veterans are outraged by reports that Trump may pardon military service members who were accused or convicted of war crimes, and argue that Trump’s actions are an insult to those who have served honorably.

On Saturday, the New York Times revealed that Trump may be planning pardons on or around Memorial Day for several military service members who were accused or convicted of cold-blooded murder and other crimes.

“With the exception of actually pissing on graves at Arlington, pardoning war criminals on Memorial Day is as insulting to America’s war dead as you could possibly get,” Brandon Friedman, a writer and entrepreneur who won two bronze stars for his service in Iraq and Afghanistan, said on Saturday.

Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was accused by his fellow Navy SEALs of using his sniper rifle to kill an unarmed girl in a flower-print hijab, as well as firing a machine gun into civilian neighborhoods with no enemy targets. Army Major Matthew Golsteyn is accused of killing an Afghan man who was already a prisoner, and then working with others to burn the body.

Trump demanded pardon papers for Gallagher, Golsteyn,and other suspected or convicted war criminals to be rushed to him before Memorial Day, according to the Times.

VoteVets, a group dedicated to supporting and electing veterans, said Trump’s actions are “a win for ISIS and our enemies.” 

Veterans serving in Congress were also appalled Trump would consider pardoning war criminals.

“We who’ve served know that killing civilian children, women & seniors makes it harder to secure the peace & is a great recruiting tool for terrorists,” tweeted Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), who served as a JAG officer before becoming a member of Congress.

“I’ll speak loudly and clearly: absolutely no pardons for war crimes,” Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a former Marine, said on Sunday.

A combat veteran contacted CNN’s Jake Tapper and called Trump’s possible pardons of war criminals “a slap in the face to everyone who fought honorably.”

In reading the statement given to Tapper, Amy McGrath, a veteran who narrowly lost a House election in 2018, added: “Can’t think of anyone I’ve served with who doesn’t feel this way.”

“Our military personnel are brave, patriotic & smart. I’ve tried multiple cases before military juries,” Lieu also said. “They take into account a Member’s service record and demand evidence beyond a reasonable doubt before convicting. I trust military members.”

If Trump pardons war criminals, he is sending a clear message that he doesn’t trust U.S. troops and doesn’t care if atrocities are committed in their names.

Published with permission of The American Independent.