The Leader Board
Democrats’ Gas Tax Gimmick Can’t Hide Their Policies That Are Designed To Raise Energy Prices
Democrats Facing Frustrated Voters In November Are Proposing To Suspend The Gas Tax In An Obvious Election Year Gimmick, But Have Spent A Year Voting For And Supporting Green New Deal Policies To Strangle Domestic Energy Production That Have Sent Prices Soaring SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): ""Washington Democrats' inflation is slamming consumers with the highest prices in 40 years. One of the toughest blows has been the soaring cost of a trip to the gas station. A gallon of r… Continue Reading
02.15.22
Determined To Go Big, Democrats Ignored All Warnings About Inflation As They Hastened To Pass $2 Trillion In Stimulus Spending
Cautioned By Liberal Economists And Republicans That Their Nearly $2 Trillion Liberal Spending Wishlist A Year Ago Would Overheat The Economy And Set Off Inflation, Democrats Rejected Every Warning, Declaring, 'The Dangers Of Undershooting Our Response Are Far Greater Than Overshooting' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "At this time last year, Washington Democrats were beginning their quest to dump trillions of dollars in left-wing spending on a recovering economy that already h… Continue Reading
02.15.22
Democrats Keep Kids Masked At The Behest Of Teachers’ Unions
As Some Democrats Begin To Lift Mask Mandates For Bars, Restaurants, And Other Venues, They're Refusing To Lift Them For Schoolchildren, Following The Dictates Of Powerful Teachers' Unions SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "While Democratic leaders are stampeding to finally follow the science and end burdensome mandates on adults, in many places, America's children are still being left behind. States like New York and California are rolling back restrictions on adults, but have y… Continue Reading
02.10.22
Higher Inflation Erodes Americans’ Finances, As Economists Lay Blame On Excessive Dem Spending
Another Terrible Inflation Report Highlights American Families' Struggles With Soaring Prices, Which 'Has Left An Indelible Mark On The Economy, Including The Highest Price Increases For Housing, Food And Energy That Many Workers Have Ever Seen' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Moments ago, the country got yet another terrible monthly inflation report under the Biden Administration. Yet again, the data confirm what working families already know painfully well: Rampant inflati… Continue Reading
02.09.22
As Far-Left Soft-On-Crime Policies Fuel A ‘Reign Of Criminals,’ Some Dems Still Cling To Defunding The Police
'The American People Know This Crime Wave Is Not Some Spontaneous Event. It Has Been Fed And Fueled In Multiple Ways By The Democratic Party's Far-Left Turn … Tolerating Lawlessness And Anarchy Is Not Compassionate' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "While Washington Democrats spent 2021 distracted by their reckless taxing and spending spree, violent criminals were preying on the American people. Millions of Americans' neighborhoods descended into chaos and violence around… Continue Reading
02.08.22
Economic Reality For Americans Is A Far Cry From Democrats’ Disconnected Rhetoric
While President Biden And Democrat Leaders Try To Paint A Rosy Economic Picture, The Reality For Most Americans Is Painful Inflation For Housing, Food, And Energy, Which Is 'Wiping Out Pay Increases' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Working Americans and their families are being hammered by the worst inflation in 40 years. And Washington Democrats own it…. The pain that families are feeling today was not just foreseeable, it was foreseen, by experts across the political … Continue Reading
02.03.22
Desperate Dems Want To Sell Their Failed, Inflationary Stimulus As An Accomplishment
The Signature Achievement Of Democrats' Partisan $1.9 Trillion Spending Bill Was Unleashing The Worst Inflation Americans Have Seen In 40 Years While Sending Slush Funds To States That Far Exceeded Their Pandemic Needs SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Working Americans and their families are being hammered by the worst inflation in 40 years. And Washington Democrats own it. Sometimes it can be difficult to directly connect Washington policies to the downstream effects on fam… Continue Reading
02.01.22
Dark Money-Financed Radical Left Already Playing Prominent Role In Supreme Court Vacancy
'Aggressive' Dark Money Group Demand Justice, Tied To Schumer And The White House, Spent A Year Angrily Calling On Justice Breyer To Resign SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The President must not outsource this important decision to the radical left. The American people deserve a [Supreme Court] nominee with demonstrated reverence for the written text of our laws and our Constitution." (Sen. McConnell, Press Release, 1/27/2022) Last Year, Radical Left Wing Group Demand Jus… Continue Reading
01.19.22
President Biden’s First Year Of Failure
Since President Biden Was Sworn In A Year Ago, He's Presided Over The Worst Inflation In Four Decades And Record-Breaking Increases In Crime, Failed To Shut Down COVID Or Handle The Crisis At The Southern Border, And Ordered A Calamitous And Shameful Withdrawal From Afghanistan Seven Straight Months Of Inflation Exceeding 5% Is A Biden Administration Policy Failure, Costing American Families $3,500 For The Same Level Of Goods And Services Inflation In December Increased 7% Year-On-Year, '… Continue Reading
01.18.22
Dems Smear More Lipstick On Their Partisan Election Takeover Pig
While Americans Keep Telling Pollsters They Have Much More Important Concerns, Democrats Are Trying To Force A Senate Showdown On 'This Latest Umpteenth Iteration' Of Their Partisan Proposals To Take Over Elections, Featuring 'The Same Rotten Core' Of Terrible Policies SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "As 2022 gets underway, working Americans and their families are facing a steady stream of significant challenges. The fastest-growing inflation in almost 40 years; violent crim… Continue Reading
01.12.22
Democrats’ Rule-Breaking Power Grab Efforts Predate Today’s Big Lie By Years
Long Before Democrats' Current Fake Outrage Over State Election Laws, Democrats First Unveiled Their Partisan Proposal To Take Over American Elections In 2018 And In 2019 Started Talking About Nuking The Filibuster SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Leading Democrats say they want to break the Senate because of a sinister anti-voting plot that is sweeping America. This is totally fake. It does not exist…. Confronted by the facts, the Democratic Leader says they're irreleva… Continue Reading
01.12.22
Seven Straight Months Of Inflation Exceeding 5% Is A Biden Administration Policy Failure
'Prices Rose At The Fastest Pace In 40 Years In December, Increasing 7 Percent Over The Same Period A Year Ago, And Cementing 2021 As A Year Marked By Soaring Inflation,' 'The Latest Evidence That Rising Costs For Food, Rent And Other Necessities Are Heightening The Financial Pressures On America's Households' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The Democrats' wasteful spending last spring helped ignite the worst inflation in 40 years. But our colleagues spent the rest of 2021 try… Continue Reading
01.11.22
Schumer Misrepresents Robert Byrd In His Crusade To Break The Senate
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Keeps Pointing To An Old Quote From Former Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd In An Attempt To Justify His Push To Break The Senate By Nuking The Filibuster, But He Has Taken Sen. Byrd Badly Out Of Context Sen. Byrd: 'Proponents Of The So-Called Nuclear Option Cite Several Instances In Which They Inaccurately Allege That I Blazed A Procedural Path Toward An Inappropriate Change In Senate Rules. They're Dead Wrong - Dead Wrong' THEN-SEN. ROBERT BYRD (D-W… Continue Reading
01.10.22
Nuclear Option Regrets, Democrats Have Had A Few
After Senate Democrats Eagerly Voted For The Nuclear Option To Eliminate The Filibuster On Executive Nominations, Many Said A Short Time Later They Regretted Their Votes, Wished 'It Hadn't Happened,' And Said In Hindsight, It Was 'The Biggest Mistake I Ever Made' Or 'The Worst Vote I Have Taken As A Senator' FLASHBACK: Leader McConnell Warned Democrats The Day They Went Nuclear On The Filibuster For Nominations: 'You Will Regret This, And You May Regret It A Lot Sooner Than You Think' SEN… Continue Reading
01.05.22
Schumer Shepherds Dems Towards Nuking Their Own Filibuster Pledges
In His Zeal To Destroy The Filibuster, And The Senate As An Institution, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Is Leading Senate Democrats In Obliterating Their Own Commitments 'To Never Voting To Change The Legislative Filibuster' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "This Big Lie - that democracy is dying because Democrats sometimes lose elections - is a completely astro-turfed sense of crisis. The emperor has no clothes. It's even more ironic that on this most sensitive subject, … Continue Reading
12.16.21
The ‘Lie Of The Year’: Biden’s Claims His Spending Spree Is Fully Paid For
Analyses From The Congressional Budget Office Have Shown That Democrats' Multitrillion Spending Bill Would Add A Tidal Wave Of Red Ink To The Deficit, Making Their Claims The Bill Is Fully Paid For The 'Lie Of The Year' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "[O]n Friday, a new report showed their socialist shopping spree could cost the country trillions more than Democrats admit. You see, as one of our Democratic colleagues explained last month, his party's bill is packed full of 'sh… Continue Reading
12.14.21
Democrats Hand A ‘Reverse Robin Hood’ Tax Cut To Two-Thirds Of The Top One Percent
Democrats' Reckless Taxing-And-Spending Spree Would Raise Taxes On Many Americans While Giving A Tax Cut To A Majority Of Households With Incomes In The Top One Percent In The First Year, Forcing Ordinary Americans To Subsidize Wealthy Citizens Of High-Tax States SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "There all kinds of tax increases that would hit major employers, Main Street small businesses, and American families. Nonpartisan experts have confirmed the Democrats' bill would comple… Continue Reading
12.13.21
CBO Once Again Exposes Democrats’ Budgeting Scam
A New Analysis Of From The Congressional Budget Office Cuts Through Democrats' Accounting Fictions By Showing That Their Reckless Taxing-And-Spending Spree Would Cost A Staggering $4.9 Trillion Over A Decade, If Programs Democrats Have Said They Have No Intention Of Letting Expire Are Made Permanent SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "As a Democratic Senator explained last month, the reckless taxing and spending spree is full of 'shell games' and 'budget gimmicks' meant to mask… Continue Reading
12.10.21
Highest Inflation Since Early 1980s: Kill The Bill
With Inflation Increasing At The Fastest Pace In Nearly Four Decades, Senate Democrats Must Not Pour More Fuel On The Inflationary Fire And Kill Their Reckless Taxing-And-Spending Bill SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "This morning's numbers confirm what every American family already knows: Inflation is out of control on the Democrats' watch. 6.8% inflation is the worst in almost 40 years. The costs of essentials have skyrocketed. Wages have not even come close to keeping pace, … Continue Reading
12.08.21
Democrats’ Toddler Takeover Would Be A Disaster For American Families
Democrats' Reckless Taxing-And-Spending Spree Includes A Misbegotten Child Care Program That Would Inflate Costs For Families And Crush Providers Under Reams Of Regulations That Would Discriminate Against Faith-Based Organizations And A Whole Range Of Family Choices While Federal And State Taxpayers Are Left To Cover The Ever-Increasing Bill SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Since the earliest days of COVID-19, Washington Democrats have admitted they want to use the pandemic as … Continue Reading
