Mitch McConnell defended his ‘clean’ debt ceiling vote and block of a Ted Cruz filibuster because he was ‘protecting the country’ or something. The big government, Karl Rove Republican Mitch McConnell is in for the fight of his life for re-election this year. Matt Bevin, his primary oppenent fares better against the Democrat Marxist running for McConnell’s Senate seat. Mitch McConnell is about as popular as Obama in Kentucky, aka not very much.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ken.) defended his decision to block fellow Republican Ted Cruz’ (R-Tex.) threatened filibuster of a bill to raise the nation’s debt ceiling that contained no spending reduction concessions from the White House.
“My job is to protect the country when I can and to step up and lead on those occasions when it’s required. That’s what I did,” McConnell said at a campaign stop in Louisville, Kentucky Friday, referring to legislation he himself characterized as “irresponsible” less than a month ago.
When WHAS 11 reporter Joe Arnold asked McConnell to explain his actions in light of criticism from Cruz and others, he replied:
“My preference is for a debt ceiling to carry additional legislation that does something about the debt. I’ve obviously demonstrated that. I negotiated the Budget Control Act with Vice-President Biden in August of 2011. It led to a deficit reduction package that actually reduced government spending for two years in a row, for the first time since right after the Korean War.