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Loathsome SOB, McConnell is

Posted by linkmeister on 11 July 2018, 9:24 pm

McConnell announced his opposition to any Obama nominee—no matter their qualifications, no matter their record, no matter the who gives a dusty fuck—less than an hour after learning of Scalia’s death and about a month before Garland was named. https://t.co/JV2qnKWejM — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 10, 2018

Filed under Corruption, Judiciary, Republicans | Tagged Mitch McConnell, nycsouthpaw

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