Senator McConnell Tries Gaslighting Americans As Republican Legislators Across The Country Use Trump's Big Lie To Subvert Our Democracy

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As Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has falsely stated that "the big lie on the other side is that state legislatures controlled by Republicans are busily at work trying to make it difficult for people to vote," according to the nonpartisan Brennan Center, Republican-led state legislators across the country have been pursuing and passing legislation that would dramatically restrict voting, putting our Democracy at risk.

ONE YEAR AGO, SENATOR MCCONNELL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT DONALD TRUMP'S BIG LIE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE INSURRECTION

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "The United States and the United States Congress have faced down much greater threats than the unhinged crowd we saw today. We have never been deterred before and we will not be deterred today. They tried to disrupt our democracy. They failed." [Floor Remarks, 1/6/21]

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "The last time the Senate convened, we had just reclaimed the Capitol from violent criminals who tried to stop Congress from doing our duty. This mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful people. And they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like." [Floor Remarks, 1/19/21]

NOW, AS REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY USE THE BIG LIE TO SUBVERT OUR DEMOCRACY, SENATOR MCCONNELL TRIES TO GASLIGHT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "There's been a lot of talk about Big Lies, well the big lie on the other side is that state legislatures controlled by Republicans are busily at work trying to make it difficult for people to vote. If you actually read the legislation that's been passed it's clearly not the case. So, I think this is an excuse to try to break the Senate." [Press Conference, 1/4/22]

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "The political left keeps pitching their Big Lie that mainstream state voting laws are somehow "Jim Crow 2.0' if the Governor who signs the bill happens to be a Republican. the left's Big Lie insults the intelligence of the American people. All the facts disprove it." [Floor Remarks, 1/4/22]

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." [Floor Remarks, 1/4/22]

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "They're continuing this fixation with what I call the Democratic big lie that states are involved in changing their voting laws to make it more difficult for people to vote." [Hugh Hewitt Radio Show, 12/22/21]

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