Today In Moscow Mitch

Election and gun safety legislation saboteur #MoscowMitch (a.k.a., #MassacreMitch) is giving a boost to the Kentucky economy, and it's not the Russian aluminum plant he sold America out for:

Syd Weedon first met Mitch McConnell at a 1978 prayer luncheon in Louisville, Kentucky, when the now–Senate majority leader was serving in his first elected office. Over the years, the retired Presbyterian minister and lifelong Democrat would regularly run into McConnell at the local Kroger store. “I’ve stared at him, eye to eye, over the oranges before,” Weedon told Intelligencer.

But until this year, Weedon had never opened his wallet in an attempt to defeat McConnell. Like those of thousands of Americans, his first donation to the Kentucky Democratic Party (KDP) was spurred by a phenomenally successful new line of merchandise built around the one nickname the self-professed “Grim Reaper” doesn’t embrace: Moscow Mitch.

Wednesday marks two weeks since the KDP began selling its line of Moscow Mitch merch, headlined by a red T-shirt with the slogan “Just say nyet to Moscow Mitch.” In that time, the party, which is also selling beer koozies, shot glasses, and Cossack-style hats, has brought in $500,000 on 13,526 unique sales. Each of those is a donation to the KDP, and more than 90 percent have come from people like Weedon who have never before given to the state party.  (our emphasis)

Of course, you don't have to be a Kentuckian to buy the merch and help the Kentucky Democratic Party (see link in paragraph above).  Or to contribute to his main rival, Amy McGrath.

(Reminder: Mitch McConnell detests being referred to as Moscow Mitch, so whenever his name comes up -- or even when it doesn't -- it would be rude to refer to him as Moscow Mitch. Very rude to call him Moscow Mitch, and he would certainly agree that Moscow Mitch is a rude thing to call him.)