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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell became the target of Black Lives Matter activists who congregated outside his home to protest a failed coronavirus relief bill.
Protesters apparently showed up at the home of the Kentucky Republican on Thursday, shouting through bullhorns and demanding relief funds from the $300 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill that was actually blocked by Democrats who all voted against its advance.
Looks like Sen. Mitch McConnell has some guests over for dinner cc @unemployaction pic.twitter.com/SxyQYoHGSP
— The Hill is Home (@theHillisHome) September 10, 2020
“I can’t breathe!” one activist yelled. ” I can’t breathe! Black Lives Matter! Black Lives Matter!”
“I need that money, and until I get that money, I’m going to be right here on C Street every day until I get it,” the man shouted.
“No justice! No peace!” the small crowd yelled as well as “where’s our money.”
Protesters outside of Mitch McConnell’s house demanding their $600.00 pic.twitter.com/CTJD1cwnBr
— special agent viti (@selfdeclaredref) September 11, 2020
“If we don’t get $600,” the man with the bullhorn shouted as the crowd yelled back: “No peace!”
Protesters outside of Mitch McConnell’s house pic.twitter.com/KhtxBwgZ5U
— special agent viti (@selfdeclaredref) September 11, 2020
The protesters seemed to have set up some sort of dinner table and wrote messages on disposable plates.
Protesters outside of Mitch McConnell’s house pic.twitter.com/KhtxBwgZ5U
— special agent viti (@selfdeclaredref) September 11, 2020
But it was Democrats who voted to block the much-needed financial funding for Americans under pressure from the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and McConnell let them have it in comments he made after the vote.
Every Senate Democrat just voted against hundreds of billions of dollars of COVID-19 relief. They blocked money for schools, testing, vaccines, unemployment insurance, and the Paycheck Protection Program.
Their goal is clear: No help for American families before the election.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) September 10, 2020
The Democratic filibuster was not broken by the 52-47 vote which did not meet the needed 60 votes to pass the proposal.
52-47, Dems block Senate GOP relief package. No Dems voted for it. Kamala Harris missed the vote. Rand Paul the lone Republican ‘no’ vote. With GOP opposed to House Dem plan, Dems opposed to GOP plan and no talks happening, more covid-19 relief likely to wait til after November
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 10, 2020
“It looks like they don’t want to get to an agreement. And if they don’t want to sit down and talk, I think they think they’re going to have a political victory, but it’s going to be a loss for the American people,” Sen. Chuck Grassley said Thursday.
“And so my guess is, as of now, unless Pelosi changes her mind, talks to the White House, there’s not gonna be anything done, and it’s sad,” the Iowa Republican added.
McConnell ripped into Senate Democrats on Fox News Thursday for effectively killing the bill which would have provided $300 billion in federal aid and an extra $300 weekly unemployment benefits through Dec. 27.
“These challenges that are clearly necessary to be challenged, tackled, should be done on a bipartisan basis, and need to be done now,” he told “The Daily Briefing” host Dana Perino. “It makes you believe that they don’t want to do another proposal. They want to wait until after the election and play games with this.”
(Source: Fox News)
“What part of this bill are they opposed to?” McConnell asked.
“What we tried to do, Dana, was to craft a package that underscored things we supposedly agree on: Kids in school, replenishing the popular small business loan program — which is out of money — more money for hospitals and covering unemployment insurance for another six months,” he added. “What’s not to like about that?”
“What they’re saying is, ‘We won’t pass things that we are even in favor of unless you give us trillions more,'” McConnell contended. “The national debt is already the size of our economy for the first time since World War II. We’re not going to squander funds here. We want to narrowly target the needs of the American people. That’s what this vote is about.”
BLM activists must have missed the memo since they took their protests to McConnell’s home. Twitter users called out the ignorance and hypocrisy.
Why aren’t they at #NancyAntoinette or @SenSchumer house? The Republican senate tried to pass this. These people are f-ed up. And misinformed. Thanks to the barrage of lies from #EnemyOfThePeople
— Roxie Joyce (@RoxieCorleone) September 11, 2020
Obviously this isn’t about black lives mattering anymore. They’re just using it as guilt-trip segway to beg for money.
They can go get essential jobs. Like the rest of us.— Haley Krehl (@okH_a_l_3_y) September 11, 2020
Mitch should walk out, hand them each $300 dollars, and tell them that’s the amount they lost out on getting every week because of Senate Democrats.
— Thomas Didymus, Anti-Riot (@didymus77) September 11, 2020
Too stupid to know they need to be at @SenSchumer and @SpeakerPelosi homes. The Democrats are the ones blocking helping citizens. So the Democrats send the stupid people out to mob Republicans, just like they have done for years.
— Mary Forbes 🇺🇸✝️ (@MaryForbes14) September 11, 2020
Tells you how stupid they are for not checking which party isn’t working.
— Nicole Eller (@NicoleNeller29) September 11, 2020
Might want to set up camp outside Schumer and Pelosi’s mansions …
— 🏴 MightyMingMing 🇺🇸 (@mightyMingMing) September 11, 2020
They need those “benepits” though. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/eJ0Chiek1n
— Rachel_Reaganisim (@rachel_rampaage) September 11, 2020
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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