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Dear Friend,
Mitch McConnell is having a very, very bad year.
First, Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, ending any hope by McConnell of passing anything to advance his far-right agenda. Then a wave of polls came out showing that he is the #1 most unpopular member of the entire U.S. Senate.
Mitch McConnell is in serious danger of losing reelection—but he'll spend millions to attack his opponents and distract the media from issues that matter.
Voters in Kentucky know that Mitch McConnell hasn't been on their side. The latest polls show that 60% of Kentuckians say “it's time for someone new" in the Senate—a stunningly high number for a Republican in a red state.
In his time in the Senate, he's fought to shovel gigantic tax cuts to the richest of the rich and gut protections for workers and the environment, and he has supported cuts to Medicaid and Social Security, and led the opposition to any campaign finance-laws that limit the role of money in politics.
In other words, he’s screwed over the people of Kentucky again and again and again.
But the mainstream media remains fixated on the horse race coverage, largely ignoring McConnell’s actual policy record. And McConnell is a master of distracting the media from the failures of his policies. He’ll do whatever it takes to stay in power, including spending tens of millions of dollars on attack ads and using racist appeals to divide the working people who are losing out under his leadership.
At Common Dreams, we’re keeping the focus where it belongs: on issues. We won't give McConnell a pass or allow him to distract us from the consequences of his policy agenda.
Thank you for all you do,
Kimberly Monaghan
Board Chair
for the whole Common Dreams news team
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