Mitch McConnell Quotes

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• The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.

  Mitch McConnell

  Important, President, Politics

  Mitch McConnell (2016). “The Long Game: A Memoir”, p.202, Penguin

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• All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've had in modern times.

  Mitch McConnell

  Thinking, Citizens United, Levels

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• You'll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.

  Mitch McConnell

  Regret, Memorable, Thinking

  "McConnell: ‘You’ll regret this’" by Ramsey Cox, thehill.com. November 11, 2013.

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• I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn’t think that. What we did learn is this - it’s a hostage that’s worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.

  Mitch McConnell

  Thinking, Issues, Done

  "In debt deal, the triumph of the old Washington" by David A. Fahrenthold, Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, www.washingtonpost.com. August 3, 2011.

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• For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't.

  Mitch McConnell

  Thinking, Republican, Climate Change

  "Mitch McConnell: Congress Won’t Make ‘A Lot Of Big Important Things’ Happen This Year" By Samantha Lachman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2014.

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• Whether it's before the election or after the election, the principle is the American people are choosing their next president and their next president should pick this Supreme Court nominee.

  Mitch McConnell

  People, President, Next

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Obama hasn't been working to earn reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour!

  Mitch McConnell

  Reelection, Politics, Republican

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• The biggest problem confronting the country is our excessive spending. If we're not going to deal with it now, when are we going to deal with it? And we've watched the government explode over the last four years. We've dealt with the revenue issue.

  Mitch McConnell

  Country, Government, Years

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• It's a shame that we have to use whatever leverage we have in Congress to get the president to deal with the biggest problem confronting our future. And that's our excessive spending.

  Mitch McConnell

  President, Use, Problem

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.

  Mitch McConnell

  Country, Stories, Social

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• More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits.

  Mitch McConnell

  Believe, People, Benefits

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• The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.

  Mitch McConnell

  Government, Social, Paid

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• The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people.

  Mitch McConnell

  People, Minimum Wage, Levels

  "Study: Most sponsors of minimum wage hike bill don't pay interns". www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2014.

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• We're certainly gonna keep our commitment to the American people to make every effort we can to repeal [Obamacare].

  Mitch McConnell

  Commitment, Obamacare, People

  Source: www.rollcall.com

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• The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law.

  Mitch McConnell

  Law, Political, President

  "Politicians Show Their Gratitude Where It Count$" by Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 3, 2014.

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• For four years, Americans have waited for the faintest light to flicker at the end of the tunnel. And this President has let them down again and again and again. It is time to move on. It is time for a leader who will lead. That leader is Mitt Romney.

  Mitch McConnell

  Leader

  "Mitch McConnell RNC speech". www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.

  Mitch McConnell

  Government, White, People

  "McConnell: GOP Plans To Stop 'Liberal Onslaught'". "All Things Considered" with David Welna, www.npr.org. November 4, 2010.

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• Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out?

  Mitch McConnell

  Country, Believe, Government

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• Republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy.

  Mitch McConnell

  Republican, Economy, Taxes

  "McConnell to Obama: Debt limit fallout all yours". www.arkansasonline.com. July 14, 2011.

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• We have a debt the size of our economy, which makes us look a lot like Greece.

  Mitch McConnell

  Looks, Debt, Size

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.

  Mitch McConnell

  Government, Years, America

  "How 'Government' Became A Dirty Word". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. September 1, 2012.

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• While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency.

  Mitch McConnell

  Government, Delay, Levels

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• We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather.

  Mitch McConnell

  Jobs, Doors, Years

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• The worst experience any majority can have is that you convene and you look around and nothing's ready to go.

  Mitch McConnell

  Majority, Looks, Worst

  Source: www.rollcall.com

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• I honestly thought we wouldn't hold the U.S. Senate. I thought we'd come up short and I didn't think President Donald Trump had a chance of winning. Given my expectations, doubly exciting because I thought we'd come up short on the Senate. We had a lot of exposure. That was really something. But it never occurred to me that he might be able to win as well.

  Mitch McConnell

  Winning, Thinking, Expectations

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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