Primed for Russia-related attacks from his detractors at Kentucky's premier political event, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday it's fitting for Democrats to wear "Moscow Mitch" shirts depicting the communist-era hammer and sickle. After all, McConnell reasoned, Democrats
FANCY FARM, Ky. — Primed for Russia-related attacks from his detractors at Kentucky's premier political event, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday it's fitting for Democrats to wear"Moscow Mitch" shirts depicting the communist-era hammer and sickle.
It's a yearly grilling endured by leaders from both parties in the summer heat in this tiny Kentucky town. But this year, the partisan cauldron came as McConnell has come under attack for blocking election security legislation aimed at protecting the nation's political system against foreign attacks.
"It's appropriate to see a bunch of Democrats running around with communist flags on their shirts," the senator told reporters at the breakfast."That ought to tell you something about where they want to take the country with the Green New Deal and Medicare for all. Their whole agenda would fundamentally change the country with something it's never been."
The attacks against McConnell come after a Washington Post columnist recently criticized him for blocking election security legislation. Noting Russia's cyberintrusion on the 2016 presidential election and indications that it would try again next year, the column was headlined,"Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset."
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