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(51,197 posts) Tue Dec 22, 2020, 12:55 PM Dec 2020

McConnell is falsifying the history of how we got the rescue package, all to save his GA senators

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Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS
Mitch McConnell is falsifying the history of how we got the rescue package, all to save his Georgia senators. But he and Republicans were the chief obstacles all along, and only broke under political duress. Here's a look at the timeline. It's damning:

Opinion | Don’t let Mitch McConnell get away with his vile rewriting of history
The story of how we got a deal suggests McConnell will sabotage the recovery next year.
washingtonpost.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/22/mcconnell-covid-relief-spin-senate-control/

As Congress passed a new $900 billion economic rescue package on Monday night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered a choice bit of spin on how we got to this moment:

“A few days ago, with a new president-elect of their own party, everything changed,” Mr. McConnell said on Monday. “Democrats suddenly came around to our position that we should find consensus, make law where we agree, and get urgent help out the door.”

Getting the story right here is highly consequential. It will shape the arguments that determine the outcome of the Georgia runoffs — and control of the Senate — and should leave little doubt that continued GOP control means McConnell will strive to sabotage the recovery to cripple Joe Biden’s presidency.

This is what McConnell wants to obscure. Because as he has privately admitted, the failure of Congress to deliver a robust aid package to people is putting his Georgia senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue at risk.

So McConnell wants voters — especially those in Georgia — to believe Republicans supported generous aid all along, particularly the stimulus checks in the new deal, and that Democrats refused to act, to harm President Trump’s reelection campaign.

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