Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has found himself on the short end of quite a few jokes surrounding his name over the past few years. Honestly, I really thought the ol’ “Moscow Mitch” moniker was going to be the one that stuck. But as it turns out, the turtle in an ill-fitting suit just got himself a shiny, new label, and social media users are eating it up.
While sitting in on a panel discussion on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, world-renowned former Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein referred to the Senate Majority Leader as “Midnight Mitch.”
The panel discussion was focused on McConnell’s recent attempt to compress the Senate impeachment trial’s proceedings so tightly that many of the testimonies regarding the Ukraine scandal wouldn’t take place until the wee hours of the morning — almost undoubtedly an attempt on Mitch’s part to prevent as many people as possible from bearing witness to what was revealed in said testimonies.
“The most important moment for the Republican Party since the censure of Joe McCarthy and the impeachment and resignation of Richard Nixon, in which Republicans became great heroes and patriots,” Bernstein stated during the discussion. “Now, we’re looking at ‘Midnight Mitch’ and the so-called world’s greatest deliberative body really embracing a cover-up that is there for all to see. That’s what this is about. It’s about preventing information from becoming known and seen by the American public.”
The famous Watergate reporter went on to point out that during the past impeachments of both former presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton there was “no problem about knowing the truth of the facts.”
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But when it comes to the impeachment of Donald Trump, he noted, “We still have a factual problem here because the president and those who work for him and Mitch McConnell have impeded the facts from the beginning.”
“We’re looking at ‘Midnight Mitch’ and the so-called world’s greatest deliberative body, really embracing a cover-up that is there for all to see. That’s what this is about.”
– Journalist Carl Bernstein reacts to Mitch McConnell’s proposed trial rules.https://t.co/SWVLjicpE7 pic.twitter.com/GknxCGL1I8
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) January 21, 2020
Unsurprisingly so, it didn’t take long at all for the new nickname to gain traction on Twitter, with people utilizing the hashtag in their critical tweets against the Kentucky Senator:
. @AmbJohnBolton ‘s manuscript confirms @realDonaldTrump withheld funds from #Ukraine for corrupt political purposes.
And #MidnightMitch likely knew it all along.@GOPSenate must call witnesses.
Sign our petition today!
@https://lincolnproject.us/landing/fair-trial/
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 27, 2020
Mc Connell knew. @senatemajldr knew all along about the @AmbJohnBolton papers.
And he led the @GOPSenate
right off the cliff.@SenCoryGardner @SenSusanCollins @SenMcSallyAZ @ThomTillis
Do you really believe #MidnightMitch is going to protect you?@ProjectLincoln— Jennifer Horn (@NHJennifer) January 27, 2020
#MidnightMitch and his band of complicit Republicans are scrambling to tamp down growing demands for #WitnessesAndDocuments because #AmericansDemandWitnesses – they got sideswiped by Bolton’s book leak. Covering up a cover up by the Senate will bolster a Blue Tsunami in November.
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) January 29, 2020
#WednesdayThoughts
Trump’s lawyers go there: “Even if he did it, it’s not worthy of removal”During a WH event and with his raging misogyny, #Trump praises Pompeo for roughing up an NPR reporter#MidnightMitch does not have the votes for witnesses that 75% of Americans want
— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby calls Bullshit 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) January 29, 2020
Blocked election security, dropped sanctions on Deripaska, and ended up with an oligarch owned aluminum plant in Kentucky to secure re-election.
That’s why #MidnightMitch is so confident he’ll get re-elected when his approval numbers are under 30% even in Kentucky. pic.twitter.com/v2oNmY97Fr
— Bill Maxwell 🌊 #CountryOverParty (@Bill_Maxwell_) January 27, 2020
I look forward to seeing him try to weasel his way out of this one.
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