"Between 2009 and 2013, McConnell's Senate Republicans blocked 79 Obama nominees. In the entire history of the United States until that point, only 68 presidential nominees had been blocked.
"This unprecedented use of the filibuster finally led Senate Democrats in 2013 to change the rules on some presidential nominees (but not the supreme court), to require simple majorities.
"In response, McConnell fumed that 'breaking the rules to change the rules is un-American'. If so, McConnell is about as un-American as they come."
At The Guardian, Robert Reich sums up Sen. Mitch McConnell.
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