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WATCH: Chris Wallace Slams McConnell Over His Desire for Full Scale War in Afghanistan

WATCH: Chris Wallace Slams McConnell Over His Desire for Full Scale War in Afghanistan

Back in April of his year, nearly 70% of Americans agreed that it was time to pull troops from Afghanistan.…

3 years ago

Opinion: Rob Portman’s Announced Departure Exposes Myth Of The “Principled Republican”

We keep hearing about splits in the Republican ranks between those who have sold their souls to the extremist arm…

4 years ago

Opinion: What Trump Has Revealed About The Fragility And Strength Of U.S. Democracy

While we can repeat over and over again that Joe Biden was elected president of the United States and will…

4 years ago

Senate Vote Shows McConnell May Be Willing to Impeach Trump

Donald Trump’s crushing defeat in the U.S. Senate yesterday revealed that impeachment is now a very real possibility, according to…

6 years ago

Senate Republicans Plan ‘Stunning Rebuke’ of Trump

Senate Republicans are not happy with Donald Trump, and today plan to take action that has been described as a…

6 years ago

Trump Has Made a Massive Mistake in Splitting the GOP

When Donald Trump created divisions within America he was elected president. But now he is creating divisions within his own…

6 years ago

Senate Democrats Block Their First Bill in New Strategy to End Shutdown

On Tuesday evening Democrats in the U.S. Senate succeeded in voting down a Middle East policy bill that had been…

6 years ago

Mitch McConnell Warns Democrats Not To Harass Trump By Investigating Him

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that any effort by a Democratic House majority to investigate Trump would be presidential…

6 years ago

How Jeff Flake Is Controlling the Kavanaugh Confirmation Process

Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona is now in charge of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, and he…

6 years ago

GOP Senators Waiting For Collins To Decide on Kavanaugh

We’ve always known that GOP Senator Susan Collins of Maine would be important to Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme…

6 years ago

Mitch McConnell Who Once Obstructed A Supreme Court Nominee Whines About Democratic Obstruction

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went on Fox News to whine about Democrats obstructing Trump nominees while forgetting that he…

7 years ago

Chris Hayes Exposes Hypocrisy Of GOP’s Move To Prevent Doug Jones From Voting On Tax Scam

As Mitch McConnell said in 2010, "The voters have spoken. They want a course correction. We should listen to them."

7 years ago

GOP Schedules Emergency Meeting To Decide Whether Roy Moore Should Remain In Senate If He Wins

It's going to take more than meetings and publicity stunts to remove the stain that men like Roy Moore and…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Supports Accused Pedophile Roy Moore While Calling On Al Franken To Resign

After refusing to say that accused pedophile Roy Moore doesn't belong in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is…

7 years ago

After Stabbing America In Back On Tax Cuts, Mitch McConnell Won’t Say Roy Moore Shouldn’t Be In The Senate

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) managed to outdo himself after his late-night tax cut for the rich by refusing…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Caught In A Massive Lie About Never Turning Down A Meeting With Obama

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that he never turned down a meeting with former President Obama, but…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell’s Absurd New Big Lie: Republicans Are Killing Obamacare To Cut Middle Class Taxes

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the absurd claim that Republicans are killing Obamacare so that they can cut…

7 years ago

Roy Moore Declares War On Mitch McConnell As Republican Self-Destruction Escalates

In an effort to change the subject to anything but his pedophilia, Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has declared…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Says He Believes The Accusers As He Calls On Roy Moore To Drop Out

With Republicans facing a potential defeat in the Alabama Senate special election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he…

7 years ago

Republican Tax Sell Crashes And Burns As Mitch McConnell Admits Middle Class Taxes Will Go Up

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) admitted on Friday that taxes will go up on some middle-class families under…

7 years ago

Brainwashed Cult Leader Mitch McConnell Claims Tax Cuts For The Rich Pay For Themselves

One of the high priests of the Republican false God trickle down economics claimed on CNN's State Of The Union…

7 years ago

Trump Holds Bizarre Press Conference With Mitch McConnell To Prove That They Are Best Friends

Trump and Mitch McConnell held a press conference in the name of fake unity just to tell the world that…

7 years ago

Blood In The Water: Mitch McConnell Throws Trump Under The Bus By Defending Bob Corker

It was a sign of presidential weakness, and just how much some Senate Republicans can't stand him, that Senate Majority…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Is Launching One Final Gutless Attack To Kill Obamacare

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching one final attack on Obamacare, and if he gets the support of one…

7 years ago

Listen To Chuck Schumer Put Mitch McConnell In His Place On A Hot Senate Mic

Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was caught on an open microphone on the Senate floor telling Mitch McConnell…

7 years ago

Republicans To Embarrass Themselves By Unveiling A Tax Plan That Contains No Numbers

Trump, House, and Senate Republicans are making a big deal out of their tax plan consensus document that will be…

7 years ago

McConnell Allies Warn Trump He’ll Be Impeached If He Keeps Attacking Republican Senators

Mitch McConnell's allies sent a stern warning to Trump that if he knocks off Republican Senators and Democrats get control…

7 years ago

Trump Blew A Gasket Because Mitch McConnell Won’t Protect Him From The Russia Investigation

The real reason why Trump is angry at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is that he blames McConnell for not…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Escalates His War With Trump By Declaring Most News Not Fake

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took a big jab at Trump by stating that most news is not…

7 years ago

Republicans Admit That Trump Is A Failing President Who Is To Blame For Health Care Debacle

As Trump attacks Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Republicans are privately admitting that the person who really deserves…

7 years ago

Lunatic Trump Melts Down All Over Mitch McConnell With 3 Totally Insane Demands

In his middle of his golf vacation, Donald Trump took a moment to demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell…

7 years ago

Republicans Are Destroying Themselves As The White House Just Attacked Mitch McConnell

The Republican White House is attacking the Republican Senate Majority Leader as the pressure of governing is leading Republicans to…

7 years ago

Trump’s Obamacare Repeal Dream Is Dying Fast as McConnell Moves Toward Bipartisan Healthcare Bill

Trump has been threatening to withhold payments for ACA subsidies from insurance companies, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)…

7 years ago

The Republican Party Is Falling Apart As Congressman Calls For Mitch McConnell To Step Down

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) who is also a Senate candidate called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to step down…

7 years ago

Read The Secret 8 Page Obamacare Repeal Bill That Mitch McConnell Didn’t Want You To See

Senate Republicans have finally unveiled their 8 page Obamacare, which despite Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell's best efforts, is finally…

7 years ago

Paul Ryan Just Confirmed That Mitch McConnell Is Lying To Get Obamacare Repeal Passed

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is telling his Republicans to cancel their travel plans, because they may need to…

7 years ago

Even As Reprehensible Healthcare Bill Nears Defeat The Resistance Must Continue

Every major piece of legislation is fundamentally more than a collection of policy provisions, it is a reflection of the…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Falls Flat On His Face As 22 Million Would Lose Healthcare Under Revised Bill

Mitch McConnell just can't stop losing, as the CBO found that 22 million people would still lose their health insurance…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Announces Plan To Harm Even More People With Obamacare Repeal Only Bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) caved to the far right and announced that he would bring to the floor…

7 years ago

Democrats Are One Vote Away From Crushing Republican Dreams And Saving Obamacare

After Sens. Rand Paul (KY) and Susan Collins (ME) both announced that they would vote against moving the health care…

7 years ago

Democrats Keep Winning As Mitch McConnell’s New Version Of Trumpcare Is Already Dead

The reaction to Mitch McConnell's tweaked version of the Senate healthcare bill was swift, severe, and deadly, with enough moderate…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Cancels Senate Recess Until They Vote To Take Healthcare Away From 22 Million

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is trying to force through the health care bill that will take coverage away…

7 years ago

Ted Cruz Just Stabbed Mitch McConnell In The Back And May Have Saved Obamacare Forever

During an interview on ABC's This Week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that if Republicans can't pass McConnell's healthcare bill,…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders Becomes Mitch McConnell’s Worst Nightmare As Healthcare Hangs In The Balance

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) zeroed in on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and became his worst nightmare by explaining…

7 years ago

McConnell’s Misery Grows As Trump Self-Destructs And Blows Up GOP Healthcare Bill Plan

Senate Republicans had a clear plan to pass the healthcare bill by keeping Trump far away from it. That plan…

7 years ago

Chris Murphy Slams Trumpcare As A ‘Rotting Fish’ That Will Become More And More Unpopular

"The longer that it's out there the more it's going to stink. People are going to figure out what they're…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell May Abandon Obamacare Repeal If Health Care Bill Fails Senate Vote

Senate Republicans want to put healthcare in the rearview mirror and move on to tax reform, which is why they…

7 years ago

McConnell Delivers A Shocking Reality Check To Trump That Democrats Are Winning On Healthcare

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a reality check to Trump by telling the President that he is not going…

7 years ago

Bombshell Report Reveals Mitch McConnell Allowed Russia To Attack The US To Help Trump

In a tone that would become familiar in the following months, Republicans and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) allowed…

7 years ago

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski Takes A Shot At Mitch McConnell Over Not Seeing Secret Healthcare Bill

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said she hasn't seen any health care bill text yet this morning because she is not…

7 years ago

Republicans Are Preparing For Defeat By Trying To Distance Trump From Trumpcare

Republicans are trying to insulate Donald Trump from the potential failure of the health care bill in the Senate by…

7 years ago

With Republicans Running the Government Hypocrisy Prevails Over Humanity

Long before the Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election, Republicans were active hacking the humanity of people in this…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Hits A New Low By Refusing To Tell Sick People What Is In The Healthcare Bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell turned down an offer to meet with more than 15 patient advocacy groups to keep…

7 years ago

Democrats Turn The Tables On Mitch McConnell As GOP Health Care Bill Sputters Towards Deadline

After years of false complaints from Sen. Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republican Senators that the ACA was negotiated in…

7 years ago

Senate Republicans Say It Would Be Stupid Of Them To Let You See Their Health Care Bill

Senate Republicans are going to be done writing their health care bill tonight, but they are refusing to release it…

7 years ago

Mitch McConnell Is Freaking Out And Worried About A Democratic 2018 Senate Take Over

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sees Republicans having an unpopular president and no legislative accomplishments, and he is…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Falls Apart When Chuck Todd Calls Him Out On His BS Blocking Of Merrick Garland

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fell apart and could only nervously laugh as Meet The Press host Chuck…

8 years ago

Top Dem Rips Senate GOP Saying Every Single One of Them Blocked Obama’s Nominee for a Year

"Let me repeat that: only three of the current senators on the Republican side voted for either one of President…

8 years ago

Senate Republicans Just Voted To Take Retirement Accounts Away From Low Income Workers

By a 50-49 vote, Senate Republicans have rolled back an Obama-era regulation that allowed states to create retirement accounts for…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Joins Trump Cover-Up By Refusing To Appoint Independent Russia Investigation

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) claimed that an independent investigation into the Trump Russia scandal is not necessary because…

8 years ago

Democrats Are Close To A Huge Win As The GOP Plan To Repeal Obamacare Is Collapsing

With Republican opposition from the conservative wing of the party growing to the leadership's plan for Obamacare repeal, united Congressional…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Spits On Democracy By Hiding From Protesters In Kentucky

Protesters were waiting for Mitch McConnell outside of the Jeffersontown Chamber of Commerce luncheon, so Sen. McConnell showed his true…

8 years ago

Republicans Freak Out As Senate Democrats Have Made It Impossible For Trump To Do Anything

Senate Democrats have found the perfect tactic to prevent Trump and the Republican Congressional majority from accomplishing anything. By using…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Gives One Damning Answer On Russia Scandal That Could Doom Trump

Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave a four-word answer when asked if he believed Trump that nobody from his campaign…

8 years ago

The Silencing Of Elizabeth Warren Was A Carefully Orchestrated Plot By Mitch McConnell

Assistant Democratic Leader Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was a carefully orchestrated…

8 years ago

These Are The Republicans Who Voted to Strip Elizabeth Warren of Her Right to Speak

"Think about it: Senator Warren was silenced in the U.S. Senate for reading the words of Coretta Scott King. We…

8 years ago

A Defiant Elizabeth Warren Reads Coretta Scott King’s Letter Outside Senate

"Mitch McConnel and the Republicans came to the floor to shut me down...what I'd like to do outside the Senate,…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Uses Obscure Senate Rule To Refuse To Let Elizabeth Warren Speak

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) selectively enforced an obscure Senate rule to silence Elizabeth Warren as she discussed Trump…

8 years ago

Democrats Are Breaking Mitch McConnell As Majority Leader Whines About Trump Nominee Blockade

Senate Democrats are blocking President Trump's nominees. Judging by Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) whining remarks on the Senate floor, the…

8 years ago

Chuck Schumer Says He Will Ask for a Repeal of Trump’s Travel Ban Today

"There were major holes in how it was done. It almost seems like back-of-the envelope...the slap-dash way it was done…

8 years ago

In A Shameful Moment, Mitch McConnell Refuses To Criticize Trump For Muslim Ban

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) showed a stunning lack of political courage when he refused to criticize President Trump's…

8 years ago

Schumer Sends GOP Its Own 2009 Letter Promising Tough Standards For Presidential Nominees

These standards are particularly important given the fact that many of Trump's picks haven't provided the proper ethics disclosures.

8 years ago

Trump’s Nominees Are Set For Confirmation Without Proper Vetting

The head of the Office of Government Ethics called "The announced hearing schedule for several [Trump] nominees "of great concern.”

8 years ago

Obama Obstruction Payback: Democrats Threaten To Delay Trump Cabinet For Weeks

Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer made it official during remarks on the Senate floor; Democrats are prepared to delay…

8 years ago

Hypocrite Mitch McConnell Whines About Democrats Blocking Trump SCOTUS Nominee

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who blocked Obama SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland, complained to reporters and claimed that…

8 years ago

Trump’s Nightmare Before Christmas: GOP Senator To Introduce Bill For Russian Hack Select Panel

Republican Senator Corey Gardner of Colorado will defy President-elect Trump and Senate Majority Leader McConnell by introducing a bill that…

8 years ago

All Those “Real American” Patriots and Oathkeepers Are Frauds

No American patriot will ever accept or defend a leader aligned with a foreign "aggressor that consistently undermines American interests."

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Says Russians Are ‘Not Our Friends,’ Announces Investigation

Saying "The Russians are not our friends," Mitch McConnell, who once dismissed the threat of Russian hacking, has finally responded…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Turns On Trump By Supporting Russia Election Meddling Investigation

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who was reported to have opposed a public statement on Russian election meddling…

8 years ago

It Is Time To Seriously Consider Treason Charges Against Republicans

It’s not surprising that anyone close to Trump’s campaign would have knowledge of attacks perpetrated at the hand of a…

8 years ago

PFAW Condemns Senate Republicans for ‘Thumbing Noses at Constitution’

"Their obstinance and their obstruction have done real damage to our federal courts, the confirmation process and to the rule…

8 years ago

Treasonous Mitch McConnell Refused To Oppose Russia Election Meddling For Trump

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was informed about Russia interfering in the election to help Trump before election…

8 years ago

Elizabeth Warren Battles Big Pharma to Protect American Lives

"The bill has a giveaway to the gun lobby, cuts Medicare, raids the Affordable Care Act, and makes it harder…

8 years ago

Trump Uses Constitution Like TP But Proposes Loss of Citizenship for Flag Burners

"Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss…

8 years ago

56-Million Voters Handed the Kochs and Religious Right Control Over America

Instead of a White House firewall to stop the Koch GOP Congress' disasters, the Kochs and evangelicals have a fascist…

8 years ago

It’s Time To Expel Senate Republicans For Violating the Constitution

"If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can to make sure four years from now,…

8 years ago

Kentucky Is Now A Toss Up As Trump Support Collapses In Mitch McConnell’s Home State

A new poll of Kentucky reveals that Donald Trump has nearly blown a 12 point lead in Mitch McConnell's home…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell’s Astonishing Failure to Do His Job Revealed by the Numbers

Rather than "big things" we have been treated to a clinic on entropy; a lot of "big words" rather than…

8 years ago

Republicans Stand By Trump Even After He Twice Suggests Hillary Clinton’s Assassination

Republicans will stand by Donald Trump even when. Yes, even when period, because there is no low too low for…

8 years ago

Paul Krugman Explains What Drives GOP Establishment Support of Trump

Republicans don’t care about shunning racism, preserving democracy and religious freedom or avoiding nuclear war because they support Trump.

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Is Sticking with Trump Even After Suggestion of Assassinating Clinton

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is still all-in with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, even after Trump falsely accused…

8 years ago

See How Fast A Turtle Can Run Away As Mitch McConnell Rebukes Trump Attack On Khan Family

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is running away from Donald Trump like his hair is on fire after…

8 years ago

Trump’s NATO Remarks Expose GOP Hypocrisy

Criticism targeting Trump for threatening to dishonor past agreements with NATO is well warranted; but not from hypocritical Republicans.

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Brags About Obstructing Obama At Trump’s Republican Convention

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the nerve to brag about obstructing President Obama's Supreme Court nominee during his speech…

8 years ago

The Truth Comes Out: Mitch McConnell Is Too Big Of A Coward To Take On The NRA

No matter how many people are murdered in acts of terrorism, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is siding with…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell’s Obama Obstruction Is Killing Trump In New Swing State Poll

Mitch McConnell's scheme of obstructing President Obama's Supreme Court nominee has backfired and is harming Donald Trump in a new…

8 years ago

Even Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Think Donald Trump Is Qualified To Be President

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refused to say that Donald Trump is qualified to be president during an interview…

8 years ago

Mitch McConnell Just Trashed Donald Trump And Gifted The Election To Democrats

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell intentionally gifted the election to the Democratic Party by publicly admitting that Donald Trump knows…

8 years ago

Elizabeth Warren Just Made Mitch McConnell Look Like A Fool On The Senate Floor

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) showed why Republicans are terrified of her by showing the world the depth of Mitch McConnell's…

8 years ago