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kimbutgar
(21,153 posts)He never did represent Kentucky he just used his office to enrich himself and corporate donors.
Bayard
(22,075 posts)Bring it!! Although I do feel bad for those affected.
Dang. Paywall. Can't read the article.
durablend
(7,460 posts)They'll vote for him again anyway because the alternative is much much worse. Amiright?
Bayard
(22,075 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)mitch96
(13,905 posts)Mariana
(14,857 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)and not dependent on a voter's congressional district.
mitch96
(13,905 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)All they have to do is deny working equipment and polling places to traditionally Democratic precincts, while enhancing the course of the election in traditionally Repub precincts. We saw plenty of that in some states' primaries, Michigan, Georgia, Florida etc.
Bayard
(22,075 posts)Businesses and workers "furious" with McConnell over response to Kentucky's economic crisis: report
"I cant imagine a state that needs additional relief more than Kentucky does"
n Thursday, August 6, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was the target of an angry protest in Louisville, Kentucky where members of labor unions (including the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters) railed against him for blocking coronavirus aid. And that protest was not an anomaly: journalist Tony Romm, in a Washington Post article published on August 11, reports that the August 6 protest was only one of many expressions of dissatisfaction with McConnell over economic conditions in the Bluegrass State.
"In more than two dozen interviews, out-of-work residents, struggling restaurant owners and other business leaders as well as a cadre of annoyed food, housing and labor rights groups all said they are in dire need of more support from Congress, the likes of which McConnell has not been able to provide," Romm reports. "About five months after Kentucky reported its first loss of life from COVID-19, its economy continues to sputter amid the coronavirus pandemic."
According to Romm, "Many unemployed workers say their benefit checks aren't enough to afford their bills, and some here simply have stopped looking for jobs. Businesses say they're also hemorrhaging cash, and local governments fear they're on the precipice of financial ruin too."
One of the disgruntled Kentucky residents the Post interviewed was truck driver Kenny Saylor, who told the publication that in April, "Everything went south for me . . . I'm scared to death of losing everything."
Jason Bailey, executive director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, told The Post that Kentucky's economic situation is dire explaining, "We're seeing huge numbers of people needing help . . . I can't imagine a state that needs additional relief more than Kentucky does."
Michael Holland, a resident of Lexington, Kentucky and industrial engineer who has been out of work since February, was relying on unemployment benefits of $600 per week. But those benefits have expired.
Holland, who is angry with McConnell, told The Post, "There are some people, I'm sure, that are bringing home more than they were making before the pandemic. But there's also those of us who's making a lot less . . . What about those of us who need a job and can't get a job, because the coronavirus is coming back?"
Michael Halligan, who is seeing a heavy demand at the food banks he runs in Kentucky, told the Post, "You can speculate on the impact on the various programs and how that influenced the economy. Based on our historical knowledge, if economics tighten, food insecurity will increase."
This year, McConnell who was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 is up for reelection, and his challenger is centrist Democrat Amy McGrath. Democratic strategists would love to unseat the Senate majority leader, but a Morning Consult poll released in early August found McConnell leading McGrath by 17%. Other polls, however, have shown him ahead by only 5% (Quinnipiac) or only 3% (Bluegrass Data Analytics).
Amy can win! Like most places, KY has never faced catastrophe like this before.
ProfessorGAC
(65,044 posts)Jason Bailey, executive director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, told The Post that Kentucky's economic situation is dire explaining, "We're seeing huge numbers of people needing help . . . I can't imagine a state that needs additional relief more than Kentucky does."
Per this, Kentucky is #2 in % net benefit vs. what they pay in taxes. The residents are #3 is federal dependency.
My state ranks 45th. I can imagine plenty of states that could use it more, because they are closer to be in owed(!) money.
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)that miserable son of a bitch.
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,858 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)Idiots.