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McConnell Says Trump Admin 'Paying the Price' for Lax COVID Social Distancing, Mask Wearing
Newsweek ^ | Oct 8 2020 | BY CHRISTINA ZHAO

Posted on 10/08/2020 10:32:16 PM PDT by rintintin

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said he hadn't been to the White House in over two months because the Trump administration weren't strictly following coronavirus guidelines and are now "paying the price for it."

Speaking to reporters in Kentucky, the Republican leader revealed that he hasn't "actually been to the White House since August the 6th, because my impression was their approach to how to handle this was different from mine, and what I insisted we do in the Senate, which is to wear masks and practice social distancing."

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakenews; leadermcconnell; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; newsweak; postturtle; tds; yertle
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To: rintintin
If Trump and most of the staffers who were exposed are back at their desks and working (with COVID immunity) next week, they'll say that this was done deliberately.

(10 days quarantine for COVID infection and 14 days for exposure -- according to the CDC.)

61 posted on 10/09/2020 5:06:01 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before" - Frank Rizzo)
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To: rintintin

With friends like this...


62 posted on 10/09/2020 5:08:51 AM PDT by kanawa ((Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel)))
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To: kanawa

The GOP wants Trump gone ...they have done nothing to help but judges...

The Turtle is as corrupt as Biden...Trump has exposed all of DC as corrupt..


63 posted on 10/09/2020 5:28:29 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: rfp1234

He let it drag on for 3 months when he could have killed it in an afternoon. And spent the first two years saying if Trump fired mueller he would impeach him. He a spineless gope POS.


64 posted on 10/09/2020 6:02:40 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Chgogal; stanne

“McConnell is in the high risk category...”

Exactly. And, while McConnell deserves a lot of the abuse he gets around here, he is also helping President Trump to fix the judicial system. We don’t need him to die.


65 posted on 10/09/2020 6:23:34 AM PDT by moovova
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McConnell must be seeing his inside polls, having him in a tight race,
Is He Worried???

At his age, 78 a new six year term would put him in his mid 80’s AND

THAT IS JUST TOO DAMN OLD TO BE IN CONGRESS.. AGE DOES MATTER...

BOTH PARTIES need to call it quits by the late 70’s...enough is enough...

66 posted on 10/09/2020 6:55:17 AM PDT by haircutter
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To: moovova

Why isn’t McConnell putting pressure on MS Sen Wicker, Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, to confirm Trump’s FCC nominee????

GOP Sen. Roger Wicker Has Not Scheduled Confirmation Hearing for Trump FCC Nominee Crucial to Taking on Big Tech

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3891962/posts

Some are saying it’s almost like they’re waiting.....so they can confirm a Biden nominee....iow....biz as usual for these Goggle/CCP owned pukes.


67 posted on 10/09/2020 6:59:44 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: moovova

Not sure why you’re addressing me on this.

I will say McConnell is going along with the gaslighting memo that trump has not been being careful about covid. That is absurd. He got through seven months

Will people please think??!!!


68 posted on 10/09/2020 7:13:09 AM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

Maybe I misunderstood your comment #6...

“Well. He’s fixing judiciary. One wonders why.”

If so, I apologize for including you.


69 posted on 10/09/2020 7:33:42 AM PDT by moovova
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To: rintintin
Is this the same swamp dweller that gave his reaction to President Trump's post 2016 election agenda as OVERWHELMINGLY AMBITIOUS ?
70 posted on 10/09/2020 7:37:01 AM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: Chgogal

He said he had polio as a child.

I really think the President should never had the rose garden get together for AMY so close to election. He still hasn’t learned how evil, how far they will go to take him down. I believe they managed to infect him and others at that gathering. Been traveling all over since COVID AND he just happens to get it at the RG with Amy? Now look at damage from it. Nancy trying to take him out due to questioning when his last COVID TEST was and incinuating that he had COVID THE night of the debate and wants to take him out with 25th amendment.

They have now weaponized his stance on no mask and social distancing against him and his party.

He should have done just a small press conference with Amy and her family and be done with it.


71 posted on 10/09/2020 8:31:17 AM PDT by Engedi
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To: rintintin
I listened to Senator McConnell's comments.

Its as really an unforced error on his part. Politically, very poor judgment to make comments like that so close to the election.

72 posted on 10/09/2020 9:30:37 AM PDT by Fury (.)
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To: WWG1WWA
Did he actually say this or is this made up fake news?

The headline is misleading (surprise). He did not specifically mention President Trump regarding the "paying the price" comments, but a reasonable conclusion is that he was indeed referring to the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House when making those comments.

73 posted on 10/09/2020 9:33:09 AM PDT by Fury (.)
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