Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell characterized Pres. Biden's speech as 'profoundly, profoundly un-presidential,' deeming the remarks a 'rant' that 'was incoherent, incorrect and beneath his office.'
The Republican leader said the president's remarks on Tuesday were"incoherent, incorrect and beneath his office," calling it"profoundly un-presidential."As President Joe Biden prepared to head to Capitol Hill on Thursday to rally Senate Democrats on election reform, a visibly angry Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fired back Wednesday, saying he didn't recognize the man who delivered the fiery speech in Georgia on voting rights one day earlier.
Biden, one day earlier in Atlanta, spoke forcefully in favor of changing the Senate filibuster rule so that Democrats could pass two key voting bills that have stalled in the Senate. "Unfortunately, President Biden has rejected the 'better angels of our nature.' So, it is the Senate's responsibility to protect the country. This institution was constructed as a firewall against exactly -- exactly the kind of rage and false hysteria we saw on full display yesterday," McConnell said.
While acknowledging he likely doesn't have the votes to move the bills forward, Schumer said he wants to force a vote to put senators on the record to show Americans -- and history -- where they stand on the issue that Democrats call vital to democracy.
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