The burning fire of contempt between Mitch McConnell and Rick Scott is a sight to behold. (via MaddowBlog)
treated the Republican and his regressive ideas about Social Security and Medicare like a piñata.
The Kentucky senator didn’t stop there. In the same interview, McConnell said he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agree that Social Security and Medicare “are not to be touched,” and the two GOP leaders are in a more"authoritative position to state what the position of the party is than any single senator,” apparently referring to Scott.
Part of what made the comments so notable was the electoral context: There is nothing McConnell cares more about than partisan victories. As the Associated Press’ Seung Min Kimovernight, for the Senate minority leader to say something damaging about Scott as the Floridian prepares to run for re-election “underscores just how much he loathes him and blames him for their losses in 2022.”
last night that Scott “knows how to win Florida a hell of a lot better than Mitch McConnell does.” Hartline went on to suggest that McConnell is “parroting Democrat [All of which helped highlight another relevant dimension to this: Scott wants the public to believe his far-right blueprint wouldn’t put Medicare and Social Security in jeopardy, as Democrats insist otherwise.
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