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struggle4progress

(118,270 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 02:49 AM Sep 2019

'If you don't like this nickname, do your job'

BY JESSICA KWONG ON 9/4/19 AT 7:29 PM EDT

A well-known former supporter of President Donald Trump joined in on the "Moscow Mitch" criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with an open letter telling the Republican, "if you don't like this nickname, do your job."

David Weissman, who also previously backed McConnell had harsh words for the senator in an open letter published Wednesday by The Times of Israel. Critics started calling McConnell "Moscow Mitch" since the leader blocked election security bills in July, despite evidence Russian interfered in the 2016 elections. Weissman's letter came a day after various Moscow Mitch hashtags trended on Twitter after McConnell complained about the nickname.

"Sir, we are living in troubled times," Weissman started, and brought up racism, hate crimes, mass shootings and easy access to guns and military-style assault rifles. The Army veteran wrote that Democrats and Republicans have come up with several pieces of legislation "for common sense gun reform that majority of Americans are begging for" but that "these bills sit on you desk, ignored."

"You are failing the people that elected you to act as Senator, but instead you act as [a] Russian puppet," Weissman wrote. "You have also blocked bipartisan bills that would protect elections in our country. This gives Russia more opportunities to interfere in our elections" ...

https://www.newsweek.com/former-trump-supporter-moscow-mitch-nickname-1457747

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'If you don't like this nickname, do your job' (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2019 OP
K&R for exposure. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2019 #1
Post removed Post removed Sep 2019 #2
The fact that Moscow Mitch is unhappy makes me smile Gothmog Sep 2019 #3
Moscow Mitch doth protest too much. dalton99a Sep 2019 #4
Russian Repugs everywhere cringe & bluster when confronted with the truth. lark Sep 2019 #5

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lark

(23,083 posts)
5. Russian Repugs everywhere cringe & bluster when confronted with the truth.
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 10:02 AM
Sep 2019

They just can't handle it, only self-serving, rw, rich & gun humping laws which steal from the middle class and poor and give all to the rich can be tolerated.

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