{"id":1849974,"date":"2023-02-16T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1849974"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:46:24","slug":"mcconnells-ukraine-obsession-further-illustrates-his-disregard-for-the-plights-of-everyday-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnells-ukraine-obsession-further-illustrates-his-disregard-for-the-plights-of-everyday-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell\u2019s Ukraine Obsession Further Illustrates His Disregard For The Plights Of Everyday Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fmcconnells-ukraine-obsession-further-illustrates-his-disregard-for-the-plights-of-everyday-americans%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=1849974&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-->\n<p>The United States of America is currently in the midst of a slowing economy, a large open southern border, imminent Chinese security threats, and radical leftists trying opportunist kids into their social movement. \u201cleadership\u201d President Joe Biden&#8217;s in a tailspin. So naturally, out-of-touch swamp creatures such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell felt it was appropriate to remind us plebs about what\u2019s really important: Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>While donning his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/08\/with-his-sotu-ukraine-tie-mitch-mcconnell-advertised-which-country-hes-most-concerned-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famous tie with the Ukrainian flag<\/a> during his Thursday appearance on Fox News\u2019 \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom,\u201d The Kentucky Republican arrogantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mitch-mcconnell-claims-we-all-agree-the-most-important-thing-going-on-in-the-world-right-now-is-the-war-in-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regurgitated<\/a> The most tone-deaf statement possible is to claim that \u201cdefeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going on in the world right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will save us an enormous amount of money down the road if the Ukrainians can succeed,\u201d McConnell&#8217;s opinions are baseless.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret in Washington that McConnell is obsessed with shipping endless amounts of taxpayer money to Ukraine \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/28\/after-more-than-50-billion-in-aid-zelensky-wants-billions-more-from-american-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Second most corrupt country<\/a> in Europe \u2014 with virtually no oversight. So much so that his blue and yellow tie has become the GOP equivalent of Hillary Clinton\u2019s pantsuits. <\/p>\n<p>But maybe I\u2019m being too hard on McConnell. I mean, it\u2019s not like America\u2019s own borders are being <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/08\/21-attorneys-general-call-on-biden-to-treat-mexican-drug-cartels-like-the-terrorist-organizations-they-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overrun<\/a> by millions of illegal aliens or the U.S. economy is in free fall \u2014 with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/08\/dont-fall-for-joe-bidens-economic-fairy-tale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inflation is on the rise<\/a> Americans are finding it more difficult to pay for basic necessities like food and gas.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not like the United States\u2019 number one global competitor \u2014 the Chinese Communist Party \u2014 is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/15\/i-dont-know-whats-going-on-with-these-ufos-but-i-know-we-wont-get-the-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sending surveillance aircraft<\/a> into U.S. airspace with virtually no pushback from America\u2019s commander-in-chief, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/08\/biden-sold-oil-from-emergency-reserves-to-chinese-gas-giant-tied-to-his-scandal-plagued-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Family<\/a> Has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/23\/legacy-outlets-ignore-hunter-biden-report-on-securing-chinese-mineral-monopoly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alarming financial ties<\/a> The Chinese government. There are no radical left-wing activists trying to ideologily co-opt children from their parents. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/15\/queer-whistleblower-exposes-evils-of-the-school-to-scalpel-pipeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transform them<\/a> without their parents\u2019 knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>It is a terrible thing if the train carries toxic chemicals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ohio-residents-suffering-chemical-spill-furious-rail-company-skips-town-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Derailment<\/a> in Ohio, polluting the local town\u2019s land, water, and air, and leaving residents in dire straits.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, that\u2019s right. All of these things are happening right now in America.<\/p>\n<p>But as McConnell signaled during his Fox appearance, if we don\u2019t approve of his obsession with giving billions of dollars to Ukraine, we can all go pound sand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry public opinion is sliding [on U.S. military support for Ukraine], but I want to reassure the American people [that] this is enormously important,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he doesn\u2019t care what Americans think and will continue to press ahead.<\/p>\n[<strong>READ: Poll: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/16\/poll-less-than-half-of-americans-support-shipping-our-weapons-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Less Than Half Of Americans Support Shipping Our Weapons To Ukraine<\/a><\/strong>]\n<p>McConnell, and the GOP establishment, despise both their voters as well as the American people. They don\u2019t care about our everyday needs, or the fact that America\u2019s left is attempting to rip the very fabric of our republic apart at the seams. <\/p>\n<p>For them, Ukraine is just another shiny object they\u2019ll chase until the cows come home. However, they soon realize their mistake and the call is coming from within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While appearing on Fox News, McConnell claimed &#8216;defeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event&#8217; in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1849977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[3884,10261,11770,15212,12836,9600,18856,6991],"class_list":["post-1849974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-americans","tag-disregard","tag-everyday","tag-illustrates","tag-mcconnells","tag-obsession","tag-plights","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1849974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1849977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}