# Forget Trump: Impeach Mitch McConnell **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 31, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-trump-impeach-mitch-mcconnell/834833 "2019-05-31T15:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 224
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-trump-impeach-mitch-mcconnell/834833/224 "2019-07-11T17:24:44Z")
“Democrats make McConnell Public Enemy No. 1 in bid to take back Senate” > **[Democrats cast McConnell as villain in bid to win Senate and energize liberals](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-cast-mcconnell-as-villain-in-bid-to-win-senate-and-energize-liberals/2019/07/09/6c69e708-a252-11e9-b8c8-75dae2607e60_story.html)** > > Amy McGrath, who is challenging the Kentucky senator, and other Democrats are trying to make the 2020 election not only a referendum on President Trump, but also a chance to oust entrenched Republicans. > [@](#): > > … > “The majority leader has extraordinary power and is the primary obstacle to getting things done here in the U.S. Senate,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said in an interview Tuesday. “He is also the face of acquiescence to Trump and the Republicans’ lack of a spine. The most effective arguments are often about a personality, a personal face and a story, and this story has the great virtue of being true.” > > The latest critiques reflect a growing movement within Democratic ranks to make the 2020 election cycle not just a referendum on Trump, but also a purging of McConnell and entrenched Republicans who have given conservatives immense sway over policy and judicial vacancies while enabling Trump’s priorities, from hard-line immigration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border to sweeping deregulation. > … Yeah, baby! Bring down the puppet master! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-trump-impeach-mitch-mcconnell/834833)._