Moscow Mitch haz a sad
by digby
New pressure on the top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who blocked a series of elections security bills despite warnings from Bob Mueller and American intelligence that Russia is still at it. McConnell is furious with his new ‘Moscow Mitch’ nickname as progressive groups put up billboards in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky showing McConnell in a Russian military uniform. Senator Richard Blumenthal and Malcom Nance, a former counter-intelligence operative in the U-S military join The Beat.
It’s interesting that this is what finally got to him. It must have hit a nerve. Maybe because it’s true that he’s enabling foreign interference and sabotage in American elections in order to help Trump (and possibly Republicans across the board) win elections.
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