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Think Progress Claiming He Doesn’t Want To ‘Scoop’ Himself, McConnell Refuses To Detail GOP Agenda
The Party of No has no ideas and is refusing to let the American people know what their agenda will be until almost the last minute. How shameful.
Last month, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said that Republicans shouldnt lay out a complete agenda because it could become a campaign issue. Just days later, the heads of the Republican congressional campaign committees Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Pete Sessions (R-TX) failed to name a single specific policy they support on NBCs Meet The Press, instead suggesting that Americans intuitively understand what Republicans stand for.
This morning, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appeared on Bloomberg to discuss policy and the GOP agenda. But he didnt have much to say either:
HOST: Do Republicans need to articulate what you would do in power, as opposed to simply campaigning against what the Presidents done?
MCCONNELL: I think we clearly do need to make sure Americans know what we would do and were gonna make that announcement in late September so the voters will have an opp
HOST: But you have an opportunity right here to spell it out.
MCCONNELL: Yeah but I think I wont scoop myself. Well be making that announcement in late September.
Last month, RedState founder and staunch conservative Erick Erickson even told the party to stop lying and admit that its the Party of No.
But its not like the GOP has no ideas whatsoever. Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) thinks that all [Republicans] should do is issue subpoenas if they win the House this fall. And House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), who doesnt need to see GDP numbers or talk to economists to determine policy, instead had lobbyists help him come up with a new policy agenda.
The Party of No has no ideas and is refusing to let the American people know what their agenda will be until almost the last minute. How shameful.