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is a really economically distressed region, and they might say, i don t care who deripaska is, i just want a job. right, that was certainly the feeling on the ground. i was in ashland for several days there talking to everybody. not a single person said they would reject this investment. obviously for them this is a big deal. they say that rusal is a company, it s not a country, and this is just all politics. that s what the ceo of the company says as well. obviously democrats have really seized on it. they re saying, say yes to moscow mitch. they re really going all in. but again, i think it s important to remember that according to everybody, that s really what our story was all about. the treasury made the decision to lift the sanctions as part of this big lobbying effort and then mitch mcconnell ended up his role was really kind of thwarting the effort to block the sanctions from being lifted that was led by both democrats and republicans. but it wasn t it s really
blocked election security measures in the senate earlier this summer. despite evidence of russia s interference in the 2016 election, mcconnell, nope, no election security. but this story published in time magazine is raising big new questions about the senator s relationship with russia and other motives behind his blocking those bills. a russian company with direct ties to the kremlin and part owned by russian billionaire oligarch deripaska purchased a 40% stake in the ash land plant for $200 million. vera, help us understand this story. our own colleague came up with moscow mitch. is he just trying to protect the president by not pushing these election security bills? no.
telling. i think senator mcconnell is probably going to say this is a house matter. the president is an easy question. but i hope that what mitch mcconnell has said and the party in his house has been so clear that if the president decides to address this ishsue, he will sa steve king does not have his support and we can protect our republican seat in iowa. michael steel, great to see you. speaker of the house nancy pelosi broke out a new talking point on her colleague senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they sent their legislation to the senate. moscow mitch says that he is the grim reaper. imagine describing yourself as the grim reaper, that he s going to bury all this legislation. she just said moscow mitch. moscow mitch, a nickname given to senator mcconnell after he
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