You know it’s a good Saturday morning when you wake up to Mitch McConnell saying call him the “Grip Reaper.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed-back against House Democrats’ recent lurch towards socialism this week; vowing to be the ‘Grim Reaper’ for any far-left legislation that reaches his chamber.
“We are having a legitimate debate about the virtues of socialism and I don’t want you to think it’s just a 28-year-old congresswoman from New York. This is much broader than that. I’ve got five colleagues in the Senate, five colleagues running for president, who have signed on to the Green New Deal and Medicare For All,” he said.
“Are we going to turn this into a socialist country? Don’t assume it cannot happen,” he added. “If I’m still the majority leader of the Senate, think of me as the Grim Reaper. None of that stuff is going to pass. None of it.”
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