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on WHAS-11, denying his office's spreading lies to the media about Graeme Logan, a brain-damaged recipient of S-CHIP funds, and his family, despite recovery of subject email (see below); October 19, 2007; Countdown http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21378334/|
2007

“I can’t imagine that a Republican majority in the United States Senate would want to confirm, in a lame duck session, a nominee opposed by the National Rifle Association”

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McConnell On SCOTUS Vacancy http://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=503FB2A5-205C-4F6F-9BCE-A4473809A4DB on "Fox News Sunday" as Majority Leader of the Senate dismissing the possibility of considering the Supreme Court nominee Merrick B. Garland even after the elections in November (March 20, 2016)
2016

“Apparently there’s yet a new standard now to not confirm a Supreme Court nominee at all. I think that’s something the American people simply will not tolerate.”

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/312710-mcconnell-we-will-not-tolerate-dems-blocking-scotus-nominee
2017

“She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.”

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So must we all.
Tweet (8 February 2017) https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/829393915325321217
2017

“I think the testimony obviously ought to be sworn testimony. And we ought to go all the way into this and take as much time as we can to reassure the American people that this sort of thing’s not going to happen again in the future.”

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On the need for testimonies by Clinton White House staffers Fox News Sunday http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/fox-catches-mcconnell/ (June 16, 1996).
1997

“With regard to White House officials, it will be up to the President to decide frankly whether and when and under what circumstances members of his [own White House staff] testify.”

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2007
Quelle: On the need for testimonies by G.W. Bush White House staffers Fox News Sunday http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/fox-catches-mcconnell/ (April 1, 2007)

“Nobody is happy about losing lives but, remember, these are not draftees. These are full-time professional soldiers.”

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December 7, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22221245/.
2007

“One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye and I said, 'Mr. President, you will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy.”

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http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/34561-2#sthash.QvX3UEVR.dpuf 2016

“We need to say to everyone on Election Day, “Those of you who helped make this a good day, you need to go out and help us finish the job."
(National Journal): What’s the job?
The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”

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Top GOP Priority: Make Obama a One-Term President https://www.nationaljournal.com/member/magazine/top-gop-priority-make-obama-a-one-term-president-20101023, National Journal, (October 23, 2010)
2010

“You're more likely to see Elvis again than to see this bill pass the Senate.”

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On the McCain-Feingold Bill on Campaign Reform New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/01/us/bill-to-overhaul-campaign-finance-survives-in-house.html, (July 31, 1998)
1998

“Every election we know features some illegality and irregularity, and of course that’s unacceptable. I support strong state-led voting reforms. Last year’s bizarre pandemic procedures must not become the new norm, but my colleagues, nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale, the massive scale that would have tipped the entire election, nor can public doubt alone justify a radical break when the doubt itself was incited without any evidence.”

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2021, Remarks on Electoral College votes (2021)

“The pathway our Democratic colleagues have accepted will spare the American people any near-term crisis”

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Quelle: " Trump urges GOP senators to vote against McConnell debt deal https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/575876-trump-urged-gop-senators-to-vote-against-mcconnell-debt-deal" (October 7,2021)

“We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former Presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.”

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2021, February

“African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.”

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Quelle: "Virginia congressman blasts McConnell for comment on voters of color" https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/mcconnell-voters-of-color-criticism-mceachin/index.html, CNN, January 21 2022

“We’re going to do everything we can to make sure she’s successful.”

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McConnell says it's 'important' for Sen. Lisa Murkowski to win reelection and defeat her Trump-backed opponent https://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-important-for-lisa-murkowski-to-win-against-trump-backed-opponent-2022-4 (Apr 7, 2022)
2020s, 2022