No person has done more in living memory to undermine the functioning of the US government than the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell. McConnell doesn’t give a fig about the Senate, or about democracy. Between 2009 and 2013, McConnell’s Senate Republicans blocked 79 Obama nominees. Those, like Mitch McConnell, who break institutional norms for selfish or partisan gains are bequeathing future generations a weakened democracy. He is longest-serving leader of Senate Republicans in history but Mitch McConnell is no leader.

Source: The Guardian April 06, 2019 11:24 UTC