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McConnell: I Will Not Be Intimidated By Open-Borders Socialists, "I Enjoyed My Lunch"
Real Clear Politics ^ | July 13, 2018 | Tim Haines

Posted on 07/13/2018 7:59:39 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that he wouldn't be "intimidated" by protesters who have confronted him in public several times this year.

"I'm not sure what about my career has led them to believe that I am easily intimidated. ... This is all about intimidation. It's not about persuasion but about intimidation. And I assure you I will not be intimidated by these groups of socialists who apparently prefer open borders," McConnell told reporters in Kentucky.

McConnell and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, were confronted as they left an event near Washington last month by protesters over supporting detained families who were caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

Protesters heckled McConnell again at two restaurants in Kentucky over the weekend, according to the Courier Journal, urging him to look at abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"Honestly, I enjoyed my lunch and I'm just sorry that other people at the restaurant seemed to be inconvenienced by all of this. But it's not about persuasion. It's about intimidation. I will not be intimidated by these people," McConnell added on Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; braking; elainechou; election2018; election2020; intimidation; kentucky; loonyleft; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; theleft; turtle; violence
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To: Windflier

Let’s nuke in the next couple of SC picks. Including the current one and when RBG retires. (hopefully not long on her)

Nuke them in, and call it “The Reid Option”. That will send the liberals into a tizzy. 6-3 then 7-2.

There will be packs screaming at the sky. I will need popcorn.


61 posted on 07/14/2018 11:27:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Did trump build a spine in mitch???


62 posted on 07/14/2018 12:26:53 PM PDT by GraceG ("WWG1WGA")
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To: SaveFerris
Nuke them in, and call it “The Reid Option”. That will send the liberals into a tizzy. 6-3 then 7-2.

There will be packs screaming at the sky.

Trump's got six and a half years to go, so it's going to happen anyway. May as well yank that bandaid off now, and get all the screaming over with.

Sure will be fun to watch the fight go out of them as they sink into the depths of despair.

63 posted on 07/14/2018 12:37:01 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Rock on Senator! Stand up to those tyrants.


64 posted on 07/14/2018 2:16:53 PM PDT by chapin2500 ( MAGA is in progress.)
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To: shelterguy; Dave W

It’s not that his feelings were hurt - it’s just that what you said was monumentally ridiculous - and your response to him was just as ridiculous. What make such obviously ridiculous statements? The nomination was clearly held up until Trump made his appointment - they did not then vote on Garland before Trump had a chance to take office after the election occurred - did you honestly not notice that? What would have been the point of “holding it for Hillary” vs. giving Obama his appointment? That would have made no difference in the make up of the Court so your comments makes even less sense. We did not even have a nominee yet when the vacancy occurred, either.


65 posted on 07/14/2018 3:21:36 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: SaveFerris

The nuke was already done for Gorsuch...that is now the rule.

We need a few extra seats to counter Collins and a couple of others in the event there are more vacancies especially from the liberal side of the Court. Romney replacing Hatch could also be problematic making gaining more seats all the more important.


66 posted on 07/14/2018 3:24:58 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Bookmark to read comments. He’s right: the left are trying intimidation.


67 posted on 07/14/2018 4:17:28 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Bravo!


68 posted on 07/14/2018 4:29:28 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: I want the USA back
You do not do this to me. Accost me, and you will not get off lightly.

Not going to say anything other than respond this way, Never threaten anyone, it ruins the surprise.

69 posted on 07/14/2018 4:31:48 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

The only people who would argue against your point are those who believe that our country is born of our government and that we are merely tenants, paying rent to ensure our citizenship.... And basically, thats how the left sees the constituency, which is why they assert the rest of the world’s right to live here.


70 posted on 07/14/2018 4:37:16 PM PDT by Fernet Branca
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To: Windflier

I do love those election night videos. ;)


71 posted on 07/14/2018 5:05:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Republican Wildcat

In the minds of everyone in DC hillary was the next president. The election was but a mere formality. You will understand that as you study the situation more closely.


72 posted on 07/14/2018 5:05:45 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Republican Wildcat
[The nuke was already done for Gorsuch...that is now the rule.]

I certainly hope so. Nuke it from orbit!


73 posted on 07/14/2018 5:07:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Fernet Branca

I think that is exactly how the Left sees America—as belonging to the government, not the people. And they don’t agree with our distrust of “big government”, since every problem can only be solved by the government. But as Thomas Paine said, “Government, at best, is but a necessary evil. At worst, an intolerable one”. However, and ironically, the Left has lost respect for the founding fathers unless you can somehow argue that they were socialists.


74 posted on 07/14/2018 8:17:04 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: GOPJ
Good for McConnell... he saved our bacon with the Supreme Court and all the judges he’s gotten through... glad he’s not intimidated by socialist thugs.
20 posts into a McConnell thread before our first encounter with common sense. That's about average.
75 posted on 07/14/2018 8:28:18 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: JohnBrowdie

Thanks Browdie...


76 posted on 07/14/2018 9:19:58 PM PDT by GOPJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-s1_nfs7f4 STOP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IsingvI_I)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

You’re not alone in that sentiment. The more that the “Dales” of this country try to intimidate conservatives, the more they will move the needle of the undecideds who are not comfortable with the left’s “brown shirt street tactics” towards the right.

Outside of POTUS Trump himself, in my view the man most responsible for electing him president is Sen McConnell - precisely because his “holding the line” on the vacant Scalia seat motivated POTUS Trump’s base to turn out and support him.

He may not be the late Jesse Helms (my own favorite senator), but Mitch’s been a guy who has been dependable when the chips were down and we as a free people were back-to-back in our very last “foxhole” in 2016 ....


77 posted on 07/14/2018 10:30:11 PM PDT by Simon Foxx
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To: lee martell

So where are the poeple with a spine to stand up to these cowards?

I know for sure, as my sons would if we saw a republican figure being heckled and harassed we sure would go tot he protesters and get in their face, and see how they like it.

It is about time our side , all of us got some balls and stood up to these little skinny cowards, and let them know their time is over.


78 posted on 07/15/2018 6:10:57 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: max americana

I say the same


79 posted on 07/15/2018 6:26:43 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: CottonBall

Yep see it all the time on social media. I bring out a point with their lies, and then they cannot answer a question, but instead refer back to name calling, and playing the victim .


80 posted on 07/15/2018 6:30:43 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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