Continuing to condemn alleged democratic policy priorities, McConnell argued that opposition lawmakers wanted to codify all of this by making the swamp itself, Washington, DC, the 51st state of America. With two more Liberal senators, we can not undo the damage they have done. ”
In a historic vote two months ago, the Democratic-controlled House approved legislation to give state to the District of Columbia – the first time anyone in the House of Representatives has agreed to give voting congressional representation to the capital ‘ the nation.
McConnell went on to describe his Republican majority in the Senate as the “firewall” against the agenda of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying he was “extremely proud” of the Senate’s performance under GOP control.
“Like President Trump, we will not be bullied by a liberal media that destroys the institutions of America,” he said. “We will stand our ground on behalf of the millions of Americans whose stories are not told in today’s newspapers, whose struggles are just as real.”
McConnell’s remarks on Thursday, which were sent out less than an hour before Trump’s acceptance speech, came as his Republican Senate majority stayed ahead of November – in part because of Trump’s declining political prospects.
McConnell’s address also came despite his campaign spokesman last week first saying he would not have a speaking role at the convention. A campaign source later told USA Today that McConnell would actually submit a taped speech.
