Is McConnell a Russian asset as well?

[JPK]

Hard to believe otherwise. He could end the shut down today if he wanted but he is acting against all political logic for both himself and his party considering the polling. He never was a proponent of the wall over the last two years, now he is? All the Russians would need is control of two people, the president and the leader of one of the houses of Congress which seems to have happened. He must be aware of what damage a prolonged shutdown will have on the country. Is he playing political chicken with millions of Americans lives? I wonder what Mitch's price was because he obviously is on a political suicide mission for himself and his party.

[dewsgirl]

1. Follow the rubles.

[democratisphere]

2. Moscow Mitch's wife has a patronage cabinet position so

he is owned and beholding to drumpf. Corruption never had it so good!

[UCmeNdc]

3. What happened at the GOP convention between the Russian spymaster and GOP leadership?

This question is never asked in the MSM.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

16. +1

[BigmanPigman]

24. I hope the House committees look into that!

[2naSalit]

40. I wonder about that too.

along with the thousands of other crimes I wonder about with this mob.

[duforsure]

4. Russian

And a Chinese asset?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

17. His wife? I can see it.

FU Elaine.

[Bob Loblaw]

5. Is a 40 lb robin fat?

nt

[Snarkoleptic]

6. Obama saw this coming a mile away!

Watch the video, then read this...
https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/mcconnell-received-3-5m-in-campaign-donations-from-russian-oligarch-linked-firm-93UjehU6aUCtejJRBFezCw/

Ukrainian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik, who holds dual U.S.-U.K. citizenship, used to be a fairly run-of-the-mill campaign contributor, donating relatively modest amounts in a bipartisan fashion — and then the 2016 election cycle hit.

Beginning in 2015, Blavatnik lavished contributions on Republicans, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell alone on the receiving end of $3.5 million between 2015 and 2017.

Via Dallas News:

Blavatnik contributed a total of $3.5 million to a PAC associated with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Blavatnik contributed $1.5 million to the GOP Senate Leadership Fund PAC in the name of Access Industries and another $1 million in the name of AI-Altep Holdings during the 2015/2016 election season. And as of September 2017, he had contributed another $1 million this year through AI–Altep.

[beachbum bob]

7. follow the russian money

[oberliner]

8. No, just a right-wing Republican tool

Remember his behavior when Obama was POTUS.

[atreides1]

21. Doesn't mean he isn't owned, now!

We all remember his behavior towards Obama...but that doesn't mean he can't be an asset of Putin, now!

And the simple fact that Mitch, loves the power he wields, and can only keep that power as long as he supports Trump!

A right wing Republican tool, a man who loves power more then he loves his country, and a possible Russian asset...McConnell can be all of these!!!

[oberliner]

32. Maybe - but I see him more as a true-believer right-wing jackass

[rickyhall]

9. Greed knows no end

[lark]

10. DUH!!!

Sorry, but it's just so frigging obvious. He takes millions from Russian oligarchs, knows in advance they are stealing the election so his stopping Merrick Garland from getting a vote would pay off for him, colluded with Russia to keep the election hacking from being verified from both houses of Congress as well as the Presidency, supports Deripaska who was part of the Russian hacking. He is every bit the traitor drumpf is, both having sold their already shriveled, now non-existent, souls to Mother Russia for $$ and power.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

18. Pip pip.

+1

[Mr. Ected]

11. The whole damned Party is awash in Russian money and entanglements

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The Republican Party could potentially be regarded as a syndicate, an incredibly vast network of conspirators and co-conspirators, with the Constitution crumpled up in one hand and a gun to our heads in the other. From local to state to federal and back again. From the House to the Senate to the West Wing. From its think tanks to its PACs to the NRA to its faux religious nexus to its headlock on the media.

There's bribe money everywhere, and kompromat to join it. Yep, Mitch is part of it. The totality would likely boggle the mind and decimate government if ever brought to light.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

19. +1

[burrowowl]

41. +2

Right-on the money!

[Vinca]

12. Mitch's wife's family is where the money is located and I've read they have had dealings with

Russian banks. Don't want to piss off the inlaws. Or outlaws, as the case may be.

[TryLogic]

33. Russian connections, yes.

[Danascot]

13. This post from a few days ago

sheds light on McConnell's motivations

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211668442

Elaine Chao is the Secretary of Transportation in Trump’s cabinet, and the Chao family maintains extensive contacts and business investments in China including a seat on the Board of the Bank of China which is partnered with the Russian VTB Bank that is part-owned by oligarch Oleg Deripaska who shares ownership in Rusal with Viktor Vekselberg whose business partner Len Blavatnik donated $3.5million to McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund.

That McConnell’s senate fund received half of the moneys funneled through Blavatnik to the GOP indicates how useful they consider him to be to them and — this is the crux — he’s only useful to them if he knows he is now irrevocably linked to them.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/13/1825790/-McConnell-and-the-Agents-of-Power-and-Influence?utm_campaign=recent

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

20. +1 yes sir.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. No doubt!

[still_one]

15. He is definitely an ASS

[ffr]

22. I'd suggest he be asked to register as a foreign agent. Let's make it official.

The KGOP has a bromance with Russia, let's have them go on record as registered foreign agents of Russia.

[marble falls]

23. No shitski.

[uponit7771]

25. Russians hacked KOP emails too, no doubt there's some black mail there. McConnell is acting funny

... enough where I'd be digging all up in his finances and connections for decades

[PeeJ52]

26. Yes, yes, he is...

He's probably the second highest paid by the Russians...

[Kingofalldems]

27. He is compromised.

[Quemado]

28. Who? Moscow Mitch? Say it isn't so!

[RobDennis]

29. He's a Trump asset, so by the transitive property...

[MineralMan]

30. Oh, probably. The Russians probably have some choice Kompromat

on him. I won't venture a guess as to what it might be.

[RobDennis]

31. They hacked into the RNC server but never leaked anything. Manafort ran the campaign AND convention.

He helped pick Pence as Trump’s running mate. Manafort is a career Republican operative, and so is Roger Stone.

Furthermore, we know that Dana Rohrabacher is pretty obviously on the Kremlin payroll (the Republicans themselves think so, which we know due to leaked audio). We also have Devin Nunes actively interfering in the Trump-Russia investigation in brazen coordination with the Trump White House.

And we have the NRA-Russia shit, Rick Davis, several members of Trump’s Cabinet, Elliot Broidy and other big Republican donors I’m sure (the Mercers, for example)...and of course, Trump himself and his family and entire campaign.

Seems like a pretty widespread phenomenon if you ask me!

[TryLogic]

34. Hell yes, Mitch is a Russian asset.

[bdamomma]

35. great post

McConnell needs a visit from all of us. Let his wife come out and "leave my husband alone" .

I wonder if he has security detail cause he is such an evil man, and he has been approached by many hecklers. He deserves it.

Just a vile man

[KentuckyWoman]

36. Is McConnell an ..... ass.....?

The answer is yes. It doesn't matter what country he's working for.

He never did the job for Kentucky or for America generally. I doubt he's much more good for any other country. Putin would be a fool to trust McConnell with anything greater than stinking up the place.

[Amaryllis]

37. Duh.

[Grasswire2]

38. David Frum said last year that this Republican leadership would rather subvert democracy...

....than lose power.

I guess he was right.

[cstanleytech]

39. I would not be surprised if he was turned before the election as it would explain his actions

before, during and after the election.