by deripaska, that accused means of evading the sanctions, led to a really interesting vote in the congress in 2019, congress both the house in the senate voted overwhelmingly in 2019, on a resolution that would have blocked the trump administration, from easing up on the sanctions, against deripaska and s companies. trump administration wanted the ease up on those sanctions, and congress voted that the trump administration should not do that. that s, said despite a big majority vote in the house, and a majority vote in the senate, it was republican majority leader, mitch mcconnell, who made sure that failed. made sure that resolution, was blocked by senate filibuster. so in fact, the trump administration was able to ease the sanctions on deripaska even the most of congress one of them not. to that is how senator mcconnell got the nickname moscow mitch, and it emerged
on the basis of bold faced lies. if there is one thing we know it s that senate majority mitch mcconnell hates the nickname moscow mitch, a name he earned late last month for failure to bring bills to the floor that would protection elections from interference. kentucky democrats are selling all kinds of moscow mitch murch. today the pespeaker of the hous picked up the nickname 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 is going to bury all this legislation. but it s not just mitch mcconnell s unwillingness to protect elections that have earned him the moscow mitch label. tonight there are new questions about mcconnell s role in lifting sanctions on a russian company that then turned around and invested millions in a massive kentucky aluminum project.
on the basis of bold faced lies. if there is one thing we know it s that senate majority mitch mcconnell hates the nickname moscow mitch, a name he earned late last month for failure to bring bills to the floor that would protection elections from interference. kentucky democrats are selling all kinds of moscow mitch murch. today the speaker of the house picked up the nickname 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 is going to bury all this legislation. but it s not just mitch mcconnell s unwillingness to protect elections that have earned him the moscow mitch label. tonight there are new questions about mcconnell s role in
attorney general. so no collusion, no obstruction. as far as mueller s performance, you would have to say it was maybe not so good. about that first response by the president, you don t really believe that. never before has our country felt more vulnerable to attack in real time, in this case because we ve been told we re under an ongoing attack in real time, while at the same time that view is not shared by the head of our government who took the oath about preserving and protecting our way of life. his view now famously extends to his enforcer in the senate who has now been tagged with the nickname moscow mitch, born in this very studio, for not even allowing election hardening legislation to be brought up for a vote before the senate. don t take our word for it. it was just last week the senate intelligence committee released a report that concluded, russia targeted elections systems in
a vote in the senate, and that is thanks to majority leader mitch mcconnell, who insists the federal government is already doing enough to protect our elections so none of the legislation is necessary. mcconnell s refusal to take up the election has earned him the nickname moscow mitch which has been trending on twitter like moscow mitch mctreason which is a lot to say. it has prompted columns like dana milbank s blunt mitch mcconnell is a russian asset. he has blocked bills designed to protect our democracy. i don t normally take the time to respond to critics in the media when they have no clue what they re talking about. but this modern-day mccarthyism is toxic. modern day mccarthyism? joining me is jim manley who is spokesperson for harry reid. what did you make of that performance yesterday?