McConnell admits he wastes time on 'show votes' just to hurt Democrats
McConnell admits he wastes time on 'show votes' just to hurt Democrats
https://shareblue.com/show-votes-mitch-mcconnell-senate-hurt-democrats/
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted that he is wasting the Senate's time engaging in "show votes" meant to hurt Democrats.
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During the 35-day Trump shutdown, McConnell called Senate votes to reopen the government and provide paychecks to 800,000 federal workers "absolutely pointless."
"The last thing we need to do right now is trade pointless, absolutely pointless, show votes back and forth across the aisle," McConnell said in January.
Just to be clear, votes to provide paychecks to hundreds of thousands of federal workers and end an economically disastrous government shutdown are pointless show votes, but votes mocking efforts to address climate change are acceptable show votes in McConnell's world.
McConnell's hypocrisy goes even further. While he gladly held a show vote on the Green New Deal, he has declared he will block all efforts to bring up the House-passed bill to enhance voting rights and protect democracy, known as H.R. 1, or the For the People Act.
He also refuses to bring up House-passed bills on gun safety, paycheck equality, and the Violence Against Women Act.
It appears there are two categories of show votes for McConnell.
He is more than willing to hold show votes that may hurt his political opponents. However, votes that help working families, protect schools from the next mass murderer, or safeguard the foundational rights in a democracy fall into McConnell's "absolutely pointless" show vote category.
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apparently, they feel they don't have to.
Oh but they call themselves "Christian" so that makes it OK. 
