McConnell Blasts Senate Dems for Holding up Coronavirus Relief Bill

As Congress works to pass a massive coronavirus relief bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is accusing his Democratic colleagues of trying pass a “wish list” of liberal policies.

“Are you kidding me?” McConnell fumed after reading a host of new regulations Democrats wanted to add to the relief package.

“This is the moment to debate new regulations that have nothing whatsoever to do with this crisis? That’s what they’re up to over there. The American people need to know it,” he added.

Additionally, McConnell accused Democrats of trying to push through the Green New Deal through the relief package, “Democrats won’t let us fund hospitals or save small businesses unless they get to dust off the Green New Deal.”

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He continued:

“I’d like to see Senate Democrats tell New York City doctors and nurses, who are literally overrun as we speak, that they’re filibustering hospital funding and more masks because they want to argue with the airlines over their carbon footprint.”

McConnell went on to suggest that Democrats see the situation as a “juicy political opportunity” to implement their agenda. 

“They ought to be embarrassed,” he said, adding, “This is not a juicy political opportunity. This is a national emergency.”

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) also blasted Senate Democrats for holding up the bill and