{"id":165841,"date":"2021-02-23T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=165841"},"modified":"2021-02-23T20:43:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:43:59","slug":"sen-mcconnell-slams-democrat-covid-bill-as-totally-partisan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-slams-democrat-covid-bill-as-totally-partisan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. McConnell slams Democrat COVID bill as \u2018totally partisan\u2019"},"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\">18<\/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-slams-democrat-covid-bill-as-totally-partisan%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=165841&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_2377867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2377867\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2377867\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21054663480883-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2377867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell walked on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:38 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, February 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) condemned Democrats\u2019 approach to COVID-19 relief as \u201ctotally partisan.\u201d In a press conference on Tuesday, McConnell said the Biden administration has shown it is pretty far left across the board.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The partisan bill Democrats are preparing is stuffed with non-COVID-related liberal goals and more band-aid policies as if the country were going to stay shut down another year.<\/p>\n<p>We need 2021 to be different than 2020. Congress should focus on smart policies to help that happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1363990094739341315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Kentucky senator also suggested the bill is too broad in scope and spending. He added GOP lawmakers want targeted relief, as there are signs the economy is coming back.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell indicated he does not expect any Republicans to join Democrats\u2019 push to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re going to try to muscle this through on a totally partisan basis, and I think I can safely speak for most of my members that we think this is dramatically more money than is required at this particular juncture,\u201d McConnell stated. \u201cIt also includes a number of things that have absolutely nothing to do with COVID relief, and so it will be controversial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said Democrats were never trying to get a bipartisan deal.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-stefanik-garlands-comment-on-cuomo-corruption-not-good-enough\/\">Rep. Stefanik: Garland\u2019s Comment On Cuomo Corruption \u2018Not Good Enough\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274083,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21054663480883-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Sen. 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