Our friends on the other side decided early on they didn’t want to engage with us in a serious way, a serious way to help those suffering under Obamacare. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
People are genuinely excited about taking the country in another direction. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
A lot of us were wondering, what is Trump really going to be like? He used to support Democrats and have various views earlier in his life about politics. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
I do think that the Constitution and the traditions of this country constrain all of us – those of us in Congress and those of us in the White House – from some of our impulses, shall I say, that we’d like to pursue. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
We need to bear in mind that we don’t have religious tests in this country, and we also need to remember that some of our best allies in the war against Islamic terrorism are Muslims. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
President Obama had two Supreme Court nominees in his first term. There was no filibuster against them. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
I don’t think there should be a litmus test on judges, no matter who the president is. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
What I have said is, when the American people elect divided government, what are they saying? I think they’re saying we know you have differences of opinion on big things. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
We did the two-year extension of Bush tax cuts in 2010. We negotiated the Budget Control Act in August of 2011 and the fiscal cliff deal at the end of 2012, which saved 99 percent of Americans from a tax increase. Mitch McConnell Read Quote
You know, ‘Professor Obama’ has been a label applied to him by Republicans and Democrats alike. He’s a very smart guy. But I think he’d be, you know, better served not to spend so much time trying to impress us with his particular position on an issue and understand that there are things upon which we simply have a disagreement. Mitch McConnell Read Quote