Mitch McConnell compares proposed Supreme Court reforms to violent treason

Along the way, he's reminded everyone that while he may be a better human being than Cheeto (to be fair, who isn't?), he's still pretty vile.

And will not be missed when he's no longer in the Senate.

From The Hill -

McConnell compares Biden Supreme Court reforms to Jan. 6

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in an interview with Punchbowl News compared President Biden’s proposed Supreme Court reforms to the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

“That’s what some people were trying to do Jan. 6 — to break the system of handing an administration from one to the next,” McConnell said in the interview, referring to the proposed reforms. “We can have our arguments, but we ought to not try to break the rules.”

The reforms that Biden has backed include 18-year term limits, which would allow a president to appoint a new justice every two years, alongside a binding code of conduct. 

FWIW - I'm not a fan of term limits.  We have them here in AZ, and they haven't worked.

One thing I am a fan of?

Having decent human beings in high office, whether that office is an appointed or elected one.

Don't expect someone who represented Trump and his lies to be a decent human being...even one who has been publicly rebuked

Jenna Ellis, a former Cheeto attorney, has had a (very) busy week.

She was censured and cruel, all in the same week.

First, the "censure" part:

From Politico, via Yahoo! -

Trump 2020 lawyer admits misrepresenting stolen election claims

Jenna Ellis, an attorney for Donald Trump who helped drive his false claims about the 2020 election results, has admitted in a Colorado disciplinary proceeding that she misrepresented evidence at least 10 times during Trump’s frantic bid to subvert his defeat.

“Respondent made these misrepresentations on Twitter and on various television programs, including Fox Business, MSNBC, Fox News, and Newsmax,” Colorado’s top disciplinary judge Bryon Large wrote in a six-page opinion. “The parties agree that by making these misrepresentations, Respondent violated [a state attorney rule of conduct], which provides that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.”

Large issued a public censure of Ellis for her stipulated conduct.

Then, the "cruel" part:

From HuffPost, via Yahoo! -

Ex-Trump Lawyer Posts Cruel Video Mocking Mitch McConnell’s Hospitalization

Jenna Ellis, an ex-legal adviser to former President Donald Trump, sparked anger on Thursday with another sick hot take.

The lawyer responded to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization for concussion treatment after he fell at a dinner function with mockery.

Ellis, who earlier this week was censured for spewing Trump’s 2020 election lies, shared a video featuring a turtle falling downstairs. McConnell has for years been likened to a turtle from both sides of the aisle.

For the record, I am NOT a fan of McConnell, but I don't wish physical injury on *anyone*, even him.  For this, I wish him a speedy recovery.

Electoral losses?

Of course. :)

Physical injury?

No.

Is a compliment character assassination? It is, if a lousy human being issues the compliment

Pointed at this by Taegan Goddard's Political Wire.

From Business Insider -

Mitch McConnell calls Kyrsten Sinema the 'most effective first-term senator' he's seen and praises her defense of the filibuster

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday heaped praise on Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, saying she's the "most effective first-term senator" he's seen during his 37 years in the upper chamber.

Sinema delivered a speech on "The Future of Political Discourse and the Importance of Bipartisanship" at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center, named after the senior Kentucky senator, who introduced Sinema at the event.

"I've only known Kyrsten for four years, but she is, in my view — and I've told her this — the most effective first-term senator I've seen in my time in the Senate," the Republican leader said. "She is, today, what we have too few of in the Democratic Party: a genuine moderate, and a dealmaker."

One might think Sinema rebuffed the compliment.

In such a case, one might think wrong.

From The Count, via Yahoo! -

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ): "But despite our apparent differences, Senator McConnell and I have forged a friendship."

While speaking at an event held by the McConnell Center, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, spoke about her unlikely friendship with Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky. Although Senator Cinema is a registered Democrat, she is one of the few Democrats who is not always aligned with the Democratic party.

SINEMA: “But despite our apparent differences, Senator McConnell and I have forged a friendship. One that is rooted in our commonalities, including are pragmatic approach to legislating, our respect for the Senate as an institution, our love for our home states, and a dogged determination on behalf of our constituents. You know, in today's partisan Washington, it might shock some that a Democratic senator would consider the Republican leader of the Senate, her friend, but back home in Arizona, we don't view life through a partisan lens. Arizonans understand that while we may not agree on every issue, we do share the same values.”

My guess is that she hopes the Senate remains at 50 Ds and 50Rs so she and Joe Manchin remain relevant.

If the Rs gain control, she'll switch sides, unless she would be the Rs 60th vote.

Joe Biden shows that he isn't just President of the United States, but master of the oxymoron

Pointed at this by Taegan Goddard's Political Wire.

From Business Insider -

Biden insists McConnell is a 'rational Republican' who may come around on gun control, even as the GOP blocks legislation

President Joe Biden insisted Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is "rational" and could agree to gun control, despite the party's longtime refusal to seriously entertain policy changes on firearms. 

On Monday, Biden told reporters that he was unsure of whether Republicans would compromise, noting that he has "not been negotiating with any of the Republicans yet." 

"Rational Republican"?  In reference to Mitch McConnell?  Really?

See: Garland, Merrick.

McConnell may (or may not) be "rational," but that doesn't preclude him from being "evil."

Not by a long shot.

Expect future White House speeches and press releases to be littered with words and phrases like "jumbo shrimp," "working vacation," and/or "accurate estimate."

Quelle surprise2! One of the elected supporters of the January 6th insurrection thinks that threats of violence are just "democracy" and are constitutionally protected

From CNN -

McConnell challenges Garland on DOJ effort to address threats against public school board members and teachers

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday told Attorney General Merrick Garland that parents "absolutely should be telling" local schools what to teach amid a debate over mask and vaccine mandates, the role of racial equity education and transgender rights in schools that has become a flash point ahead of the 2022 midterms.

"Parents absolutely should be telling their local schools what to teach. This is the very basis of representative government," McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, wrote in a letter. "They do this both in elections and -- as protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution -- while petitioning their government for redress of grievance. Telling elected officials they're wrong is democracy, not intimidation."

The support for the January 6th rioters?

From Business Insider -

Mitch McConnell reportedly asked other GOP senators to vote against the January 6 commission as a 'personal favor'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asked other GOP senators to vote against the January 6 commission as a "personal favor" to him, CNN reported Thursday.

Earlier this month, the House passed a bill to create a bipartisan commission that would investigate the January 6 insurrection. The bill has received pushback from Republicans, including McConnell, who announced his opposition to the commission on the Senate floor last week.

At least he's consistent.  McConnell has a history of deriding school board members from the safety of the Senate floor where he's protected by the same Capitol Police who were attacked by the January 6th rioters.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal -

Mitch McConnell calls out JCPS board member over reluctance to reopen schools

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called out Jefferson County Board of Education member Chris Kolb on the Senate floor Wednesday morning over his indicated hesitancy to reopen Louisville schools this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"In my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, the largest school district in the state has a union-funded Board of Education vice chair," McConnell said, referring to Kolb in remarks also posted to his press office's Twitter account. "He’s now saying that even if all school personnel get vaccines, he’d still be reluctant to open schools."