McConnell changes position and backs $250 million for election security

[Miles Archer]

McConnell changes position and backs $250 million for election security

Democrats said the Senate majority leader had finally caved into their pressure to safeguard the voting system.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mcconnell-changes-position-backs-250-million-election-security-n1056636

WASHINGTON — In a surprise development, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his support on Thursday for additional money to bolster the country's election system ahead of the 2020 vote, a move that counters his earlier position resisting calls for more funding.

McConnell, R-Ky., said he is co-sponsoring an amendment to an appropriations bill that would provide $250 million for election security.

"I'm proud the Financial Services & General Government bill will include a bipartisan amendment providing another $250 million for the administration and security of their elections, to help states improve their defenses and shore up their voting systems," McConnell said. "I am proud to have helped develop this amendment and to co-sponsor it in committee."

McConnell's backing comes after Democrats have been putting political pressure on him and Republicans for more than a year to get behind additional provisions, including new funding, to protect against hacking and interference in the elections.

[bdamomma]

1. Ms Pelosi

has struck a nerve, keep it up.

[smirkymonkey]

2. Do we trust this?

What is he up to?

[bluestarone]

3. EXACTLY!

Not for the good of the country, i can guarantee that!

[LuvLoogie]

6. Maybe he knows whistle-blower details.

A basic CYA before the shit hits the storm. He knows trump will veto, so why should McConnell take the obstructionist traitor hit for him?

[Amaryllis]

8. MY first thought too. What;s the catch? What'nefarious something is in it for him?

[defacto7]

4. And what does he want in return?

He doesn't do things like this because he cares.

[Miles Archer]

7. This was tweeted by Lawrence O'Donnell...

...so I am assuming he'll be discussing it on tonight's show. Maybe he'll shed some light on McConnell's "motivation."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Flip flopper

[Talitha]

9. Makes me wonder what else is tucked inside that bill.

"the Financial Services & General Government bill will include"

I just don't trust that slimey little freak.

[WhiteTara]

10. Do you think he did this because

the Russians have so completely infiltrated our election system we won't be able to find out in time?

[cstanleytech]

16. I think its simply because he wants to be elected for another term after which Mitch will go back

to being Putin's bitch.

[lostnfound]

20. Yes, and wouldn't be surprised if money goes for hackable equipment

He’s probably got stock in it, to boot.

[bluecollar2]

11. It's obvious why he's doing this

Hell link this legislation to wall funding and military appropriations etc.

There is no fucking "epiphany" here...

This is cynical, calculated political partisanship designed to put Democrats in a no-win situation....

And....at the risk of being "alerted" on I'll go out on a limb and bet that the asshole Democrat from West Virginia will go along with it...

[Tiggeroshii]

12. He thinks we'll drop the nickname now.

No. No we won't. Moscow Mitch is here until he is voted out of office.

[ecstatic]

13. I don't believe or trust him at this point.

If MoscowMitch changed his mind, it's because putin gave him another option.

[EveHammond13]

14. DON'T TRUST THIS SNAKE

[cstanleytech]

15. I doubt Moscow Mitch is tired of being Putin's Bitch.

[lunatica]

17. He might be trying to distance himself from Trump on the whistleblower issue

He’s up to his neck in cahoots with Trump and our country’s enemies. Nothing minor would induce him to reverse himself. It has to be something really big.

[dchill]

18. He possibly wants to be the first rat off the ship?

[dalton99a]

19. Moscow Mitch pretends not to be Moscow Mitch.