{"id":1462428,"date":"2022-05-03T15:15:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462428"},"modified":"2022-05-03T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:15:37","slug":"sen-mcconnell-biden-using-covid-funds-for-pickle-ball-amenities-and-ski-slopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-biden-using-covid-funds-for-pickle-ball-amenities-and-ski-slopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. McConnell: Biden using COVID funds for pickle ball amenities and ski slopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-mcconnell-biden-using-covid-funds-for-pickle-ball-amenities-and-ski-slopes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462428&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2719251\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2719251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during the the weekly Senate Republican news conference, at the Capitol, Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:32 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, May 3, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)railed against President Joe Biden for spending COVID-19 funds on unrelated projects. While speaking on the Senate floor Monday, the Kentucky lawmaker said the legacy of Biden\u2019s nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan is \u201cpickle ball amenities and ski slopes\u201d rather than defeating the pandemic itself.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell added, Biden also gave out environmental justice grants to address inequitable free canopy cover in Massachusetts. He then pointed out that the funds from the so-called American Rescue Plan also went toward advancing critical race theory at public schools by funding staff programs that trained educators on \u201call the latest woke buzzwords.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>McConnell warned Americans will continue to suffer the consequences of Biden\u2019s reckless spending and warned it\u2019s responsible for record level inflation that\u2019s raising prices for American families and forcing businesses to increase their prices.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-kinzinger-pence-should-testify-to-jan-6-committee\/\">Rep. Kinzinger: Pence Should Testify To Jan. 6 Committee<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during the the weekly Senate Republican news conference, at the Capitol, Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib). 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