While he embraces names like ‘Cocaine Mitch’ and ‘Darth Vader,’ Mitch McConnell is still fuming at his ‘Moscow Mitch’ reference. Bill Kristol, former Republican White House staffer, says ‘it is a bum rap to compare Darth Vader to Mitch,’ adding Darth ‘was running the empire pretty well.’ Kristol slams McConnell, saying he is ‘stopping legislation from coming to the Floor.’
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Kristol: McConnell-Darth Vader Comparison Is An Insult To Darth | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC
Moscow Mitch’s “The Long Game” is full of spite, dereliction, and complete self-absorption and duty to himself.
well said
To his corporate masters
Darth Vader was more machine than man.
Moscow Mitch is more Russian than American.
So yeah, I kinda see the analogy there.
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Ro G
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A communist married to a communist (Elaine Chao). Not much of a surprise.
Москва Mitch is a well oiled Russian machine……
Either way still twisted and evil.
Moscow Mitch don’t flatter yourself. You’re insulting Darth Vader
The only thing you have in common with Darth Vader Mitch is your breathing tank
Yes Mitch you do whatever Donald Trump tells you to do right after you out the idea right into his empty head
I wish the dems would have a McConnel, but they have just a useless Chuck.
@Lou Miraglia gets a chance to smell his own funky breath.
Moscow Mitch is worst than Darth Vader. Darth Vader is a fictional character representing evil while Moscow Mitch is a real piece of crapola & he stinks to heaven high.
Personally, I hold the republican senators responsible as well because the republican senators could vote to remove him from his position if they could agree to do so especially since he is not doing his job.
LOL, YES, YES HE DOSE!
Moscow doesn’t like his earned nickname so please call him Moscow Mitch.
@Annie 😂😂😂
I agree. We have to call him Moscow Mitch. He hates the name. Strikes a bit close to home, I think.
MOSCOW MITCH! MOSCOW MITCH! MOSCOW MITCH! MOSCOW MITCH!
RobertLove Moscow Mitch sounds better and fits better.
Annie You have no life then hahhaa
McConnell doesn’t like being called “Moscow Mitch”, but the appellation is apt.
misterjag Moscow Mitch is his birth name.
Vader redeemed himself in the end, I don’t see that from McConnell.
Scary to think what’s under that mask McConnell wears.
Scott Allen his name is Moscow Mitch
mitch McConnell takes care of himself. and as long as he gets to stay in power. he will continue doing what benefits himself .
and being paid to do nothing .and hurting all working FAMILY’S. from moving forward.
@Vincent Falsitta he and his communist loving wife China Chao.
It is a true shame that politics and serving corporate entities are the priorities for a good number of our elected officials and not the wellbeing of the people that they represent.
Daniel Barrett
That’s what happens when you have a president and A senate you give them too much power
@PATRICK BRENNAN And may I add, an electoral college that tips the scales in favor of a select few and doesn’t represent the majority.
This is sad, almost like a guy trying to pick his own nickname because he’s actually called Moscow Mitch.
Ivy evans it is not almost like it is exactly what he is trying to do LOL
Because he can live up to a fictional character opposed to the truthful REAL one!
Moscow Mitch = The “Jar-Jar Binks of Washington” .
There.
Much better.
“Yousa should follow me now, okeeday?”
Meesa the grim reaper okee day.
I’d say Trump is more like Jar Jar.
@Master Hypnos
Meesa making America great again meesa is, meesa the gretest president ever meesa is okey day.
Nah he doesn’t have darth vader’s in your face, imperious stature… He’s just cowardly, stab you in the back MoscowMitch
Like hes been doing to us real AMERICAN’S.
Moronic Mitch needs Trump to give him permission to save American lives?
Mindless Mitch doesn’t understand the role of the US senate!
He don’t need Trump, he has just as much influence over Trump than Trump over him. If he wanted to, he could change the bill. He was doing it long before Trump came. All those that think Trump controls Moscow Mitch is wrong.
well he does serve the dark side doesn’t he. moscow mitch owned by the NRA. IF you want change for the good VOTE BLUE
Isn’t the NRA guilty of passing Russian money to mostly Republican politicians? Is this a modern form of money laundering? Mitchel’s wife in the swamp cabinet has arranged, by changing the rules, for a Russian oligarch to put a factory in Kentucky to buy McConnell votes. He’s a buddy of Putin and Putin calls the shots, you draw your own conclusions.
America is not a democracy if one man like Moscow Mitch can hold up bills.
Stephen Long —-🎯 true, or can we be a republic/democratic nation WHEN Mitch and trump served the 1% and special interests instead of the people who elected them.
How about if one man can reverse alliances, cozy up to dictators, rip up treaties, end immigration, and start multiple trade wars?
That’s what happens when you have a president and a Senate you give them too much power and if they ignore the checks and balances that the constitution holds then they become dictators
Moscow Mitch you’re meant to do things for the voters, not the President. You represent the people who voted you in so do it or resign.
in the end, Darth Vader (luke’s father) saw the error of his ways, realised that he was just a puppet, & killed the evil puppeteer. Moscow Mitch not only has no conscience, but IS the evil puppeteer !!
Yes yes yes 👍
That fighter pilot will defeat you McConnell. KY constients are booing you at your events.
Eugene Jacquescoley Please Kentucky HELP SAVE AMERICA #VoteMitchOUT #DitchMitch #DumpTrump
Like Trump, Moscow Mitch is without a doubt a Russian asset, because he clearly isn’t an American asset.
Russian and Chinese tool.
David J : Darth SWITCHED SIDES at the crucial moment. Is that why Moscow Mitch likes him? 🤔
@Ash Roskell
From my perspective it is Moscow Mitch that is evil and no I am not truly lost.
@Linda g Once you betray your country, you might as well help the most hostile nation’s possible.
Can’t handle listening to Russian agent Trump or watching him lie. Now I can’t even handle listening to this Moscow Mitch evil Russian Chinese agent destroying America for money and power. They both should be prosecuted for treason.
Oh Moscow Mitch…Don’t like your name? Stop blocking bills to stop the Russians from screwing our elections.
Moscow Mitch McTreason is working against democracy. Otherwise, why not take a vote to protect our elections.