“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.
This is apparently the point where the “moderate” Republicans are willing to start pushing back — where they’ve got personal experience with just how evil a policy is.
Screw you, Mitch. You made all of this possible with your obstructionism and support of the talibangelicals, even if that support was via inaction.
another “Don’t Be a Sucker” moment… “Before he said masons polio vaccine, you were ready to agree with him.”
People are cheering because Mitch McConnell is fighting back against RFK banning the polio vaccine. Literally the only reason he cares is because he had polio as a kid. And if every other vaccine gets banned, he probably won’t say a damn thing.
He and his fellows have a total lack of empathy. No comprehension of any sort of suffering they haven’t personally experienced.
“Being poor isn’t a problem. I’ve never been poor.”
“Getting raped isn’t a problem. I’ve never been raped.”
And, of course, “bigotry isn’t a problem, no one’s ever called me a name because of my skin color.”
There’s a difference between supporting an act and supporting a person. You can say that this is a good thing while also acknowledging what a piece a shit they are. Moscow Mitch has fucked the country over in more ways than one but if we can keep the polio vaccine then I would call that a win for everyone.
I hate that Mitch McConnell has become the voice of reason. It doesn’t sit well with me at all.
The Overton Window cuts both ways!
I didn’t grow up a centrist. But the window moved both to the left and to the right of me!
M8! The only prominent politicians in American politics who are actually left of centre are Bernie Sanders and AOC. People weren’t excited about Harris because she’s left, they were just grateful for the opportunity to vote for someone who isn’t a white supremacist with pretty advanced frontotemporal dementia. But make no mistake the vast majority of the democrats are regarded as right of centre by europeans.the window didn’t move left at all, you just moved with it
The Overton Window is about the population, not the politicians. The left in the US has moved more left and the right has moved more right. The difference is that the republicans have turned over a lot of their members to stay in the window as it moves right. McConnell is one of the last of the old guard of traditional (as opposed to alt right) conservatives.
The democrats so far have managed to keep their old guard by appealing to fear and other tactics. They’re fighting so hard to keep the party from moving leftward and it’s costing them elections.
Another great case of, I don’t care until it affects ME
