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Moscow Mitch
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Etymology
Referring to Mitch McConnell's opposition to sanctions voted by the Senate against the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in 2018.Rachel Maddow explains origins of how McConnell earned his "Moscow Mitch" moniker, Salon.com
Proper noun
en US politics derogatory U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
en 2016-05-21 Tiffany Twain Big Picture Perspectives and A Pursuit of Social Activism Lulu.com 9781300919735 16 "Moscow Mitch" has acted as a Trojan horse for crony capitalists, allowing them to wield domineering control over our national politics and decision-making. He has been diabolically opposed to fairer political representation and
en 2020-05-26 Marvin Kitman Gullible's Travels: A Comical History of the Trump Era Seven Stories Press 9781609809898 Moscow Mitch won't allow it. The Senate Republican majority leader told us he didn't like that nickname. So in deference, I will not call him that. Even before the House impeachment hearings began, Leningrad Mitch pledged that
en 2021-02-09 Nicole Perlroth This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race Bloomsbury Publishing USA 9781635576061 The efforts earned McConnell the moniker "Moscow Mitch." In September 2019, Sen. McConnell finally agreed to a bill authorizing $250 million for election security. The bill did not require that states use the funds for secure
en 9 July 2026 Guinefort1 1ur8ge4 Slowly dragging Apollo's dodgeball towards your general direction CuratedTumblr owe1xk2 https://web.archive.org/web/20260709174857/https://old.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1ur8ge4/slowly_dragging_apollos_dodgeball_towards_your/owe1xk2/ 9 July 2026 Is Moscow Mitch alive? Is he dead? My enlightened centrist take is that both sides are wrong - he is undead!
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