In my estimation, the most dangerous man in America is not Donald Trump, but Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell. Not only is he preventing a vote on most of the legislative bills that Congress passed, including those designed to protect our elections and reasonable gun control, but he is fast filling the federal courts with conservative judges. And now, he is working with the White House to orchestrate the Senate impeachment hearings in favor of the president. What the hell?
On what planet is it okay for a judge to work with the accused to mount a defense? Essentially, the Senate sits in judgement as to whether a president’s alleged behavior against the interest of our democracy and the Constitution warrants that president’s removal from office. The protection of our nation is why we have three co-equal branches of government. For such a time as this is the reason the Framers of our Constitution gave Congress oversight of the Executive branch. Mitch has already announced on Fox News that he will definitely ensure that the president is acquitted. There is not even a hint of trying to appear to give the facts of the case a fair hearing.
And that is the danger of Mitch McConnell. He doesn’t even try to play fair. He blocked the federal judges Obama put forth and he also blocked the appointment of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Count. But with a grin, he announced that in this election year he would readily approve a new nominee to the Supreme Court should an opening become available. The hypocrisy is stunning! But more than that, McConnell’s behavior will have real world consequences for Americans.
By stacking the federal courts and the Supreme Court with conservative judges, the hope of real gun control, the preservation of women’s control over their bodies, the civil rights of the LGBTQ community, the preservation of voting rights, welcoming immigration laws, environmental protections, access to health care, and so many other issues that provide protections to minorities and women will be challenged in court and lost. The majority of Americans do not want these things to happen and sadly most do not even realize the consequences of McConnell’s actions.
It is past time to flip the Senate. The only way to get rid of McConnell is to take over the majority of Senate seats. Although I would love for Kentucky to ditch Mitch, without a majority of Democratic Senate seats, even if he lost, another unethical Republican leader would take over. The 2020 election is not just about dumping Trump, it is also about the Senate who protects a corrupt president and stacks our courts with far too conservative judges.
If we are to rid ourselves of the most dangerous American in the country, we must awaken our friends, family, neighbors, students, and anyone with a vote to the reality of the danger we are in. We will get the America we are willing to fight and vote for.