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McConnell cites Reagan in pitch for national security bill
The Hill ^ | 02/21/2024 | TARA SUTER

Posted on 02/23/2024 10:48:06 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) cited former President Reagan in a pitch for a national security bill in a Wednesday opinion piece.

“Today, much like in the Washington President Reagan faced, it has become popular in some circles to bet against American resolve and bemoan the global responsibilities that come with global power,” McConnell said in the op-ed in the Northern Kentucky Tribune. “Loud voices peddle the short-sighted and ahistorical notion that America’s interests do not extend beyond the water’s edge, and that abandoning our friends is the price of restoring order at home.”

McConnell then said he and his colleagues had “considered” the same responsibilities, and “in measuring the costs of America neglecting its leading role, the Senate chose to address the growing threats facing our nation and our closest allies around the globe.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: border; mcconnell; nationalsecurity; pitch; reagan; security; ukraine
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Reagan and McConnell don't go together. Shut up.
1 posted on 02/23/2024 10:48:06 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
So McConnell's national security bill is going to address our greatest national security threat and close the southern border and defund free benies for illagals and take money away from sanctuary statest and...

Oh, so it isnt' a national security bill? Well shame on me.

2 posted on 02/23/2024 10:53:06 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pass HR2...you co-sponsored it in the Senate.


3 posted on 02/23/2024 10:55:37 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Did anyone ask him about his Chicom sister in laws mysterious death on Chinese New Year?


4 posted on 02/23/2024 11:00:50 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: AndyJackson

When it was McConnell’s turn to serve during the VN War, he didn’t show any “resolve”. Instead he was two months in the Army Reserve (tough to get into as it was a free pass from the war) and then he “resolved” to get out for some bizarre reason. The only time we ever hear this boob speak up is about Ukraine - not a damn word about the show trials of Trump, the border mess, the obvious senility of Biden, or what the communists are doing to this country.


5 posted on 02/23/2024 11:01:15 AM PST by laconic
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To: ChicagoConservative27
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) cited former President Reagan in a pitch for a national security bill in a Wednesday opinion piece."

And if that doesn't work, there's always George Washington and Jesus.

6 posted on 02/23/2024 11:03:28 AM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McConnell’s handlers told him to get it done or he’s next.


7 posted on 02/23/2024 11:03:57 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

None of these Rinos including the Bushes ever mention Reagan


8 posted on 02/23/2024 11:05:34 AM PST by stanne
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To: ChicagoConservative27

GTH, Turtle.


9 posted on 02/23/2024 11:06:10 AM PST by ChuckHam
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To: laconic

“ The only time we ever hear this boob speak up is about Ukraine - not a damn word about the show trials of Trump, the border mess, the obvious senility of Biden, or what the communists are doing to this country.”
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Yep. When Zelensky says GIBS-ME-MO’-BILLIONS, Mitch tell our country GIBS-‘EM-MO’-TENS-OF-BILLIONS!


10 posted on 02/23/2024 11:09:44 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MA)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McTurtle backed Ford in 76 and Bush in 80.

He HATED Reagan.

F off Mitch.


11 posted on 02/23/2024 11:14:12 AM PST by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Reagan actually had strong leaders as allies, such as Mulroney, Thatcher, Kohl, and Pope JPII.

Today’s U.S., Canadian, and western European equivalents are midgets in comparison.


12 posted on 02/23/2024 11:15:20 AM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: laconic

Good post.

McConnell will resolve to obstruct Trump at every turn if he wins.


13 posted on 02/23/2024 11:15:40 AM PST by Starboard
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) cited former President Reagan in a pitch for a national security bill in a Wednesday opinion piece.

Stop citing anyone and fix our borders first before you worry about the security of another nation. McConnell and every other US congress-vermin need to remember that they were elected to serve the people of the US, not the people of Ukraine.
14 posted on 02/23/2024 11:16:06 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: laconic

And was kicked out after two months. The story rattling around out there is that it was for eye problems. reportedly someone in his chain said “yeah, he couldn’t tell men from women”. It was either that or some Congressman pulling strings for him.

Either way, he was a low life.


15 posted on 02/23/2024 11:16:14 AM PST by DesertRhino (16 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Might want to re-think that line of reasoning, Mitch.



16 posted on 02/23/2024 11:16:19 AM PST by Bratch
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hey Mitch, your credibility is gone forever. Take your lies and go away.


17 posted on 02/23/2024 11:22:41 AM PST by Missouri gal
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes, and Satan quoted scripture to Jesus. Not that much difference at all.


18 posted on 02/23/2024 11:22:43 AM PST by odawg
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Unlike Turtle Mitch, whenever Reagan mentioned “national security”, he was talking about AMERICA’s security.


19 posted on 02/23/2024 11:24:30 AM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McConnell opposed Reagan in the 1976 and 1980 primaries just like he opposes Trump and real border security.


20 posted on 02/23/2024 11:30:49 AM PST by conservative98
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