In this morning's WaPo:
Regarding the May 26 Sunday Opinion essay by Robert S. Litt and Benjamin Wittes, “20 questions for Robert Mueller”:
As interested as we may be in impeachment (for, inter alia, obstruction of justice) or in hearing more from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, it is far more critical that readers be educated about the true nature of congressional dysfunction. The House, under the leadership of a Democrat, has passed roughly 200 pieces of legislation and sent these bills to the Senate. The Senate, under the leadership of Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), has refused to allow a vote on the vast majority of these bills. That’s not gridlock; that’s obstruction of democracy.
Because most people do not understand this procedural coup, they tend to assign blame to those who do not deserve it. Instead of endless discussion about the relative merits of those running for president, do them and us the favor of explaining the actual problem.
The senator who blocked the Democrats’ choice for the Supreme Court and then-President Barack Obama’s agenda is now obstructing democracy and must be exposed.
We'll say it again: McConnell is one of the most evil creatures that ever lived in the swamps of Washington, DC.Nancy Luque, Washington
BONUS: On a related note, be sure to read E.J. Dionne, Jr.'s op/ ed on McConnell's willingness to do anything to pack the Supreme Court with reactionary stooges.
2 comments:
Amen. I keep hearing a meme from Republicans about how the Democrats bloodthirsty attacks on Trump have prevented them from passing any meaningful legislation. We need the media to step up and show how McConnell has stomped on the work done by the House and how he intends to keep doing so.
We are foiled at every turn. I'm sick of it.
donnah -- we keep waiting for the media to realize and react to what's going on around them, but with little effect. Access and/or corporate interests are powerful drugs, and the courage to speak the truth over and over is an all too- rare commodity.
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