A few months ago, MSNBC’S Joe Scarborough came up with the nickname, “Moscow Mitch,” for the Senate Majority Leader’s refusal to take legislative action against continuing Russian election interference.
Scarborough said on his show, “How can Moscow Mitch so willingly turn a blind eye not only this year to what his Republican chairman of the Intel committee is saying, to what Robert Mueller is saying, what the FBI director is saying, to what the DNI (Director of National Intelligence) is saying, to what the CIA is saying, to what the United States military Intel community is saying.”
Mitch is not happy with his new, very Trumpian nickname.
He has said it’s an “over the top” effort to “smear” him.
“It’s modern-day McCarthyism,” McConnell said during a radio interview on the “Hugh Hewitt Show” when asked about the nickname he received after blocking Democrats’ efforts to pass bipartisan election security bills. “Unbelievable for a Cold Warrior like me who spent a career standing up to the Russians to be given a moniker like that.”
Fair enough, Mitch. How about one of these monikers?
- “Traitorous Toady””
- “Seditious Stooge”
- “Mutinous Mitch”
- “Deceitful Douche”
- “Cravenness Creep”
- “Corporate Comrade”
- “Court-Packing Putz”
- “Gun Lobby Lapdog”
- “Power-Hungry Henchman”
- “Worst Majority Leader Ever”
Considering all the other nicknames that could fit you so well, “Moscow Mitch” ain’t so bad, right … Yertle the Turtle?
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