McConnell Vows ‘Scorched Earth’ if Senate Ends Filibuster
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On Tuesday, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster in order to muscle legislation supporting President Joe Biden’s agenda past GOP opposition. While left-leaning articles highlight that the GOP leader’s stark remarks landed as the Biden administration takes a victory lap over the just-passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, right-leaning articles highlight that McConnell issued a sharp warning from the Senate floor, emphasizing that Democrats only have the edge due to the party occupying the White House.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the GOP leader’s stark remarks landed as the Biden administration takes a victory lap over the just-passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said on Tuesday that “the filibuster is still making a mockery of American democracy.”
AP News published a centrist article reporting that McConnell said the partisan gridlock of the Trump and Obama eras would look like “child’s play” compared to what’s to come. Meanwhile, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer brushed off McConnell’s remarks as a “diversion” and said he hopes to work with Republicans on the upcoming bills.
A right-leaning article by Breitbart highlights that McConnell issued a sharp warning from the Senate floor, emphasizing that Democrats only have the edge due to the party occupying the White House. McConnell continued to warn that “nobody serving in this chamber can even begin, can even begin, to imagine what a completely scorched-Earth Senate would look like.”