Comment on Mitch McConnell’s shameful legacy: The Senate majority leader bemoans the partisan rancor he created

Simon Maloy, Salon: Movie
Tue, 05/31/2016 - 10:28am

Mitch McConnell’s shameful legacy: The Senate majority leader bemoans the partisan rancor he created

Read More... Mitch McConnell (Credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite) Mitch McConnell is in a wistful mood. After more than 30 years in the Senate, he’s finally living his dream as leader of the Republican majority. He has a new memoir out recounting his life spent in politics and government. And with his party on the cusp of nominating a toxic presidential nominee who threatens to damage down-ballot candidates and imperil the majority he won less than two years ago, McConnell is getting a little misty-eyed and sentimental about the institution that he, for the moment, controls. Thus he’s written an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal laying out his vision of how the Senate is supposed to function in our system of government.

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