Sen. Gillibrand: ‘McConnell Makes Rules For Others And Not For Himself’ | Katy Tur | MSNBC

Mitch McConnell has said he will hold a vote on Trump's pick for Supreme Court Justice. But in order to confirm it, McConnell can't lose more than three members of his caucus. New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joins Katy Tur to discuss. Aired on 09/21/2020.
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Sen. Gillibrand: ‘McConnell Makes Rules For Others And Not For Himself’ | Katy Tur | MSNBC

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    1. Everytime I see his face, my stomach flips!! I’ve never seen anyone so vile, and full of hate, for the Americans, he’s supposed to serve. Except for, the select few, that he gets riled up, to be just as vile and full of hate, as he is!!

    1. Erika Johnson well yes! It was 10 months before the election. Mitch McConnell would not let it happen. Listen to what he said back then. That’s the point. Too many Republican senators are hypocrites on this.

    1. @Keith Johnson – Shelby GT500 RACIST…PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE ANY WHERE THEY WANT….EVEN PEDOPHILES LIVE NEXT DOOR…RUN THE APP, SEE HOW MANY SHOW UP….I HAVE THREE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD….NOTHING CAN BE DONE…I ALSO HAVE A LOW INCOME APT. COMPLEX IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD…..THEY USE TO LOOK LIKE GETTO, TILL WE MADE HUD MAINTAIN THEM….NOW THEY ARE NICE LIVABLE APTS…IF YOU SO WORRIED MOVE TO A GATED COMMUNITY…..

    2. @Keith Johnson – Shelby GT500 WAIT A MINUTE….I LOST MY HOUSE, BECAUSE OF BUSH SR. IN THE FINANCIAL CRASH, EVERYTIME A REPUBLICAN GETS IN OFFICE WE HAVE A FINANCIAL AND HOUSING CRASH…SO DO NOT BLAME THE DEMOCRATS….UNLESS YOU HAVE LOST YOUR HOUSE, BECAUSE OF A REPUBLICAN..YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO PUSH REPUBLICAN PROPAGANDA….I HAD TO LEAVE THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE OF BUSH…AT LEAST I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO GET OUT, MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE, AND BUY ANOTHER HOUSE….I HAVE OWNED MY HOUSE FOR 35 YEARS NOW…YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SMARTER THAN THE REPUBLICANS AND STAY AHEAD OF THEM….BECAUSE IF A REPUBLICAN ELECTED THERE WILL BE A CRASH…THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON…..SET YOUR CLOCK TO IT…..

  1. Exactly. He, Graham and others don’t care about their promises or the lives of anyone they supposedly serve.

  2. For all you “America First” voters in Kentucky, don’t forget that Mitch gave so many sweetheart deals to his wife’s family in China that her relatives rewarded him with a $55 million inhereitance.

    1. Exactly! Kentucky is one of the poorest States yet they just keep voting in McConnell like he’s doing good for them.. It’s because of HIM we don’t have a stimulus package!

    1. Mark messick please, please vote him out, what’s he done for Kentucky anyway? I think it’s near last in most measures

    1. *Middle Class Lost In Obama’s ‘Middle Class Economics’*
      Sept 2015 https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/incomes-fall-and-poverty-rises-under-obama-census-report/

      *Economy: After six-plus years of President Obama’s big-spending, tax-raising policies, middle-class families have seen their incomes decline and more families have fallen into poverty, Census data show.*

      The Census Bureau’s latest annual report on income and poverty in America shows that there was little to cheer about in 2014.

      Median family income dropped slightly to $53,657, down from the year before. Every income group suffered losses, with the lowest fifth of households dropping close to 1%.

      The overall poverty number barely budged. But it climbed by almost 600,000 among blacks in 2014, more than half of whom were under age 18.

      This isn’t exactly the picture that Obama has been painting. In fact, there’s little that Obama likes to do more than brag about the economy.

      A couple of months ago, he was in Wisconsin, crediting his policies for “record” job growth, tumbling deficits and big gains in the stock market.

      “Step by step, America is moving forward,” he said. “Middle-class economics works. It works. Yes!”

      It’s hard to see any evidence of that in the Census numbers. Indeed, the latest report shows that, despite more than six years of economic “recovery,” the middle class is, incredibly, worse off than at the end of the Great Recession.

      From 2009 to 2014, real median household income dropped by more than $1,000 — or 2.3% — to $53,657. (And that decline would likely have been steeper if not for a 2013 change in the way the Census does its annual survey.)

      Obama’s economy has been particularly harsh on those already at the bottom. Census data show that the bottom fifth of households saw their average income fall by 8% from 2009 to 2014.

      Looked at another way, the share of households with incomes below $25,000 climbed from 22.4% to 23.6% over those years.

      Among blacks, it went from 35.5% to 36.8%.

      The statistics on poverty are just as unpleasant.

      In Obama’s first year in office, 43.6 million people — or 14.3% of the population — lived in poverty.

      By 2014, that number had climbed by more than 3 million, pushing the poverty rate up to 14.8%.

      The poverty rate among blacks was 26.2% last year, up from 25.8% in 2009. Is that “moving forward,” too?

      Even the IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index is lower today than it was when Obama took office.

      If anyone but Obama had presided over such results, his economic legacy would be in shambles and his policies in disrepute.

    2. Kavanagh has had more recent accusations against him. The Democrats, if the win, should reduce the court to 7 and call for a vote of no confidence in Kavanagh.

    1. I’d simply say, Make America Better! That’s the progressive idea and message, anyway. It’s important to stay focused on the present and the future, not an imaginary glorious past the way Trump’s boomer base does.

  3. I’m surprised the people from Kentucky let this man continue to do this when I think of Kentucky I of bluegrass and pretty country not people who would allow a fat dirty rat who steal from his own people to stay on top he doesn’t care about them it’s all about him

    1. I think of ignorant working-class MAGA that vote for Trump and the billionaires to loot from them transferring wealth to the rich while shifting tax burdens to their own struggling Kentucky families.

    2. HE HANDS THEM ENOUGH CRUMBS TO KEEP THEM HAPPY..IF THEY VOTE MOSCOW MITCH OUT….THERE SENATOR WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN OFFICE TO HAND OUT CRUMBS…A STATE WITH A NEW SENATOR, RECEIVES LESS FEDERAL FUNDING..THIS IS HOW THEY KEEP VOTING IN SENATORS OVER AND OVER….THINGS NEED DESPERATLY TO CHANGE IN WASHINGTON…VOTE ASAP……THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR DEMOCRATS DON’T GIVE UP HOPE…VOTE ASAP….

  4. Mitch has everything Republicans want in a politician. Morally bankrupt & ethically bereft. He’s been Trump’s No1 Cheerleader. Sad.

  5. People need to realize that your healthcare coverage will be at risk. Doesn’t matter if you’re fortunate enough to pay your premium a pre-existing condition can bankrupt you.

  6. You cant shame the shameless. Moscow MItch Gets Turtle Wood when he’s called a hypocrite! Vote! RIgor Mortise To The tortoise 🐢

  7. Senator Gillibrand, at this point we all know that “appealing to the hearts and consciences” of Trump’s Republicans is like trying to bore a hole through a concrete wall by throwing peas at it.

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