# Stick a fork in Mitch McConnell, 'cos he's done **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 21, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141 "2022-01-21T02:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/1 "2022-01-21T02:48:24Z")
Black people vote just as much as Americans? Really, Mitch? > **[Mitch McConnell says Black people vote just as much as 'Americans'](https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2022/01/20/mitch-mcconnell-african-americans-vote-much-americans/6590081001/)** > > When asked about concerns among voters of color, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell seemed to imply African Americans are not Americans. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/2 "2022-01-21T02:49:43Z")
The people who elected Mitch don’t care what he says. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/3 "2022-01-21T02:52:48Z")
The people who elected Mitch _agree_ with what he says. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/4 "2022-01-21T02:52:49Z")
Mitch McConnell will get reelected as many times as he wants, this will affect him not a little. If you’re just venting about him, fine. I hope you don’t actually believe he’s going to suffer any professional repercussions over that. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/5 "2022-01-21T02:56:09Z")
As Silenus said. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/6 "2022-01-21T03:07:08Z")
Unfortunately, I suspect you’re all right, which is even scarier. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/7 "2022-01-21T03:09:33Z")
Gee, maybe Blacks vote as much as Americans because, I’m wondering, maybe they _are_ Americans? Who knew? This reminds me very much of L. A. Police Chief Daryl Gates, who defended police choke holds after a Black man died in 1982, saying > [@Daryl Gates as quoted in NYT May 13 1982](#): > > “We may be finding that in some blacks when it is applied, the veins or arteries do not open up as fast as they do in normal people” [Coast Police Chief Accused of Racism](https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/13/us/coast-police-chief-accused-of-racism.html) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/8 "2022-01-21T03:10:33Z")
I remember that quote, but didn’t know who said it, and didn’t realize it was that long ago. Unfortunately, we haven’t changed all that much. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/9 "2022-01-21T03:28:54Z")
I hate him but I can’t get too upset about this. He clearly meant something like African Americans vote at the same rate as Americans in general. (Not fact checked, it may not be true). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/10 "2022-01-21T03:29:51Z")
Suspect he just mispoke and meant to say “other” Americans. Out of all the things McConnell does and stands for, this is relative weaksauce IME. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/11 "2022-01-21T03:30:51Z")
Even if he’s not done, can we still stick a fork in him? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/12 "2022-01-21T03:32:38Z")
#BLMMM Black Lives Matter to Mitch McConnell! Just as much as American lives. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/13 "2022-01-21T03:45:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Even if he’s not done, can we still stick a fork in him? Thread 🏆 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/14 "2022-01-21T03:51:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Even if he’s not done, can we still stick a fork in him? I’m the first to admit I don’t know too much about the applicable lore; but does sticking a fork into the Undead have any appreciable effect? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/15 "2022-01-21T04:35:16Z")
Probably not personally, but it could help solidify the black vote for the left, which has been slipping lately. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/16 "2022-01-21T04:57:10Z")
Yeah, and they follow it with, “damnit!” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/17 "2022-01-21T05:44:26Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > He clearly meant something like African Americans vote at the same rate as Americans in general. Yes, that’s what he’d like most people to assume he clearly meant. He’s not trying to get your vote, after all. His supporters will understand what he really meant. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/18 "2022-01-21T10:55:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Even if he’s not done, can we still stick a fork in him? That’s one fork I ain’t ever going to use. mmm ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/19 "2022-01-21T11:21:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Even if he’s not done, can we still stick a fork in him? Like. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/20 "2022-01-21T12:26:32Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > He clearly meant something like African Americans vote at the same rate as Americans in general. He clearly meant all Black people in the entire world. You know, like all those Kenyans who voted illegally for Obama. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141.md?page=2)