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Date: 2025-05-10 Page is: DBtxt001.php txt00017082 |
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Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | ||
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gives Mitch McConnell A Semantics Lesson After His McCarthyism Gripe
The freshman lawmaker has a few words about McConnell’s leadership skills.
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By Ed Mazza
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) claims he was a victim of “McCarthyism” after critics dubbed him “Moscow Mitch” for blocking a bill to protect U.S. elections from Russian meddling.
McConnell wrote on Twitter on Monday:
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Modern-day McCarthyism is poison for American democracy. It is shameful to imply that policy disagreements make the other side unpatriotic. The people who push such unhinged smears are doing Putin’s destabilizing work for him.
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On Tuesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) offered up a correction:
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McCarthyism is the practice of baselessly accusing political opponents of being communists as unjust grounds for targeting & harassment.
You are blocking action to protect US elections despite official DoJ pleas. That doesn’t make you a communist. It just makes you a bad leader. https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1155949756792725510 …
Leader McConnell
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Modern-day McCarthyism is poison for American democracy. It is shameful to imply that policy disagreements make the other side unpatriotic. The people who push such unhinged smears are doing Putin’s destabilizing work for him.
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Last week, McConnell blocked a bill passed by the House that would have authorized $775 million to help protect state election systems from Russian hacking and other threats. That action prompted critics to dub him “Moscow Mitch.”
McConnell defended himself on the Senate floor by calling two of his critics “hyperventilating hacks.”
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Ed Mazza
Overnight Editor, HuffPost
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| July 30, 2019 The text being discussed is available at | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-mitch-mcconnell_n_5d412b95e4b01d8c97834e5f and |
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