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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,185 posts)
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 01:06 PM Jun 2021

Moscow Mitch pitches another fit

McConnell: Biden Isn't 'Serious' About Bipartisanship After Infrastructure Bill Veto Threat

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky claimed Thursday that President Joe Biden isn't "serious" about reaching a truly bipartisan infrastructure deal.

"Less than two hours after publicly commending our colleagues and actually endorsing the bipartisan agreement, the President took the extraordinary step of threatening to veto it," McConnell said on the Senate floor, and then later tweeted. "That's not the way to show you're serious about getting a bipartisan outcome."




Biden announced via tweet leading up to a press conference Thursday that a bipartisan group of senators had reached an agreement on a $953 billion infrastructure package: "We've struck a deal. A group of senators—five Democrats and five Republicans—has come together and forged an infrastructure agreement that will create millions of American jobs."

McConnell seemed to be referring to Biden's clarification during a White House press conference soon after his tweet that he expects lawmakers to pass a separate reconciliation bill "in tandem" with the current infrastructure bill in order for the deal to move forward.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-biden-isnt-serious-about-bipartisanship-after-infrastructure-bill-veto-threat/ar-AALpET2

Some pretty good replies to McConnell's Tweet.
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Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
8. Was Schumer's @minority???
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 03:56 PM
Jun 2021

I think Mitch can keep that @leader as he is still the leader of the Senate GOP.

Good question though.

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
10. Just checked his account
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 04:04 PM
Jun 2021

@LeaderMcConnell
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell

Your right Schumer should technically have the @Leader account. Just shows how petty McConnell is.

OnDoutside

(19,969 posts)
4. Dems should strip out any money from the Reconciliation Bill that would go to Kentucky and put it in
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 03:37 PM
Jun 2021

the Bipartisan one. Let's see Turtle torpedo that one then !

Midnight Writer

(21,794 posts)
7. The Grim Reaper whose sole goal is a failed Presidency whines about not enough bipartisanship.
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 03:50 PM
Jun 2021

We laugh, but it seems to work for him and his sponsors.

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