# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/61 "2022-01-23T16:19:30Z")
That’s part of evil ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/62 "2022-01-23T18:10:28Z")
No idea where else to post this. McConnell’s heading this, so here it’ll go… Curious what was going on with his distractionary Election Act reform hijinks, and notice (well, in [this article,](https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/mcconnell-backs-effort-to-overhaul-electoral-vote-count-law-1.1710806) anyway) that there’s only one democrat serving on this putatively bipartisan panel. Wasn’t Sinema supposed to be also on it? (Not that I’m holding out for any sense of quality policy-making on her part - or _anything_, on her part) > [@](#): > > Manchin said lawmakers are also discussing tough penalties for anyone who threatens or assaults poll workers or state or local election officials “If you accost, if you threaten anyone at the polls, you will be dealt with the harshest penalties,” Manchin said. Huh. Really, Joe. _Really?_ > [@](#): > > Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has dismissed the effort to overhaul the Electoral Count Act as a meager and ineffective approach. Democrats say their legislation would help counter new laws passed by GOP-led legislatures in 2021 that critics say restrict voting access for minorities and other Democratic-leaning voters, largely in the name of preventing future fraud that wasn’t prevalent in 2020 despite Trump’s claims. That legislation, which appears now to be dead, included provisions creating an automatic voter registration system through each state’s motor vehicle agency, making Election Day a public holiday, providing voters with at least 15 days of early voting for federal elections, and restoring the Justice Department’s power to give pre-clearances to some states before they change their election laws. Not sure if down the road this might warrant its own thread in P + E. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/63 "2022-01-23T21:27:03Z")
I heard that Mr. Paul (I refuse to call him a doctor) cancelled his DirectTV subscription because they decided not to carry OANN any more. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/64 "2022-01-24T00:57:24Z")
He wants the world on a silver platter but he can’t even handle a plastic DISH like an adult. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/65 "2022-01-24T01:05:47Z")
One cannot stick a fork in a tortoise. I can’t get worked up about this, when you’re in the public eye every once in a while you’re going to drop a word and alter the meaning of a sentence. I’m much more concerned about his blatant disregard for the oath of impartial justice during the impeachments, his 1/6 amnesia, and for stealing a Supreme Court seat than I am about him dropping a word. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/66 "2022-01-24T01:21:14Z")
The Charlize Theron inquiry. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/67 "2022-01-24T01:23:47Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I heard that Mr. Paul (I refuse to call him a doctor) cancelled his DirectTV subscription because they decided not to carry OANN any more. I heard that he _claimed_ he would cancel his theoretical DirectTv subscription. Seeing no evidence he did so, or indeed he ever had such a subscription, and seeing the (R) behind his name, my go-to assumption is that he’s lying. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/68 "2022-01-24T01:26:21Z")
I don’t know if it’s a Trent Lott moment or not, but it certainly is revelatory. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/69 "2022-01-24T05:27:29Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > That legislation, which appears now to be dead, included provisions creating an automatic voter registration system through each state’s motor vehicle agency, I thought Motor Voter was already the law, like since the first Clinton administration. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/70 "2022-01-24T05:33:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I thought Motor Voter was already the law, like since the first Clinton administration. It looks like the Motor Votor Law requires states to provide an _opportunity_ to also register to vote when people apply for a driver’s license, but it doesn’t contain any provision for making such voter registration _automatic_ when a driver’s license is obtained or renewed. As per the Wikipedia article on the law: > [@](#): > > Section 5 of the Act requires state motor vehicle offices to provide an opportunity for voter registration to anyone at the same time that they apply for a new or renewed driver’s license or state identification card, and to require the state to forward the completed application to the appropriate State or local election official. > > The Act reduces costs to the state of voter registration by accumulating individual data when applying for a drivers license or receiving social assistance. The “motor voter” nickname came from the idea that most of the NVRA data was accumulated from applicants renewing or obtaining driver’s licenses. > **[National Voter Registration Act of 1993](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Voter_Registration_Act_of_1993)** > > The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), also known as the Motor Voter Act, is a United States federal law signed into law by President Bill Clinton on May 20, 1993, that came into effect on January 1, 1995. The law was enacted under the Elections Clause of the United States Constitution and advances voting rights in the United States by requiring state governments to offer simplified voter registration processes for any eligible person who applies for or renews a driver's license o Th... ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141/71 "2022-01-24T05:40:22Z")
Ah. Ignorance fought. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-a-fork-in-mitch-mcconnell-cos-hes-done/958141.md?page=3)