Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will be speaking today at the American Enterprise Institute about the attempts by the Obama administration and its supporters to silence dissent. Breitbart News caught up with him for an interview previewing today’s speech.
“This is a dangerous, radical administration,” said McConnell.
“I’m going to lay out a long litany of abuses pursued by the Obama Administration and its allies against its political opponents,” McConnell said. “It’s reminiscent of the Nixon administration. It’s much more pervasive than Clinton. They have their enemies list. They’re checking it twice. They’re going to go after those that have been naughty and not nice.”
He also mentioned the SWATting of bloggers and Brett Kimberlin.
Sen. McConnell drew special attention to allegations that certain left-wing activists have been SWATting their political enemies. “I know you’ve been right on top of that story,” he said of Breitbart News. “I think those reports are incredibly disturbing and need to be fully investigated, and I hope we can get somebody in the majority position of the House to take a look at it. There’s somebody I’ve heard about named Brett Kimberlin, who is a left-wing terrorist that I know many people feel may be behind the SWATting. That’s strictly illegal, and should be investigated.”
Read the whole thing. After the speech I’ll add video if it’s available, since I’m sure you won’t be getting any of it on your evening news.
Update: You can watch video of McConnell’s speech at American Power.
Senator McConnell has found the smelling salts at this point. But fellow long time Senators, Lugar, and Hatch have either exited or been replaced by Tea Party challengers or are in a dogfight for their political life. As a master Senate tactician and observer maybe he sees the writing on the wall and the old way, political mannerisms are not resonating with the activated conservative base.
An interesting piece linked below, he’s not threatened for now by any challengers for his 2014 re-election but in Kentucky, it wouldn’t take much to make him have to work really hard to maintain his seat.
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_129/Mitch_McConnell_Is_Prepared_for_Worst_but_Expecting_Best-214173-1.html
It just seems to me that he’s worried more about his leadership position than anything else when he’s had this somewhat sudden temperamental change from his historically tepid, underwhelming norm and he wants to be there as Senate Leader when the GOP is the Majority to return again to his mitigating style. Regardless, IMO, we need a new leader.
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Sen. McConnell has been minority leader since 2007 and has just decided to speak out against some of the tyranny smothering Americans. He has been so cooperative and eager to compromise on principles. Well Mitch, you better be screaming your lungs out against the abuse of the Republic daily and quickly instead of being worried about re-election or seniority.
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It’s better late than never, but these people have to be dragged, kicking and screaming to believe the truth. And now Senator Roy Blunt is talking about keeping some of the “more popular” features of Obama Care in place if the Court rules against it. We have to wonder which side they are on half of the time.
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Yesterday’s unconstitutional power grab involving illegal immigrants is radical, dangerous…and worthy of impeachment for failure to defend the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
Until the words “articles of impeachment” are uttered by this leadership, they are going to find tremendous difficulty in motivating support from real conservatives this fall.
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This Administration is ‘Radical’ and ‘Dangerous’ and by golly you’re going to do something about it.. Right Sen. Mitch McConnell.. You’re going to ask Obama to stop it, and if that doesn’t do any good, you’re going to file an official letter of complaint to the yourself, the complain in a speech to somebody.. That’ll show em..
My God, we have got to get rid of these weak kneed gutless RINO’s.
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