Not One Fucking Peep From Mitch McConnell

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14. He always stays out of this stuff as much as possible.

His power comes from money that he directs to get people elected who will vote as he wishes.

The money comes, of course, from big donors with whom he has very beneficial relationships. When it's time for him to get reelected, his donors supply the means to bury his opponent under a mud flow of negative coverage.

Every once in a while a brief statement from the senate majority leader is called for, and he gives a brief one. But otherwise making statements to "the people" or trying to schmooze them up is a big waste of his time, and he has said exactly that before.