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McConnell Shows More Emotion Over Lamar Alexander Retirement Than Dead Americans

BY December 2, 2020

He knew it was coming, of course. Lamar Alexander’s third and final Senate term was already being discussed back in August, when contenders in the Tennessee GOP began emerging to take his seat while it was still warm. But apparently, the idea of his longtime cohort leaving him was just too much for Mitch McConnell to bear on Tuesday as he stood on the Senate floor to bid Alexander goodbye. McConnell openly fought back strong emotions that no one knew he had as he spoke of his friend, saying there would be “only a few of us left” in Alexander’s absence.

That McConnell has remained steadfast and dry-eyed over the abhorrent behavior of the Trump administration these last four years has escaped absolutely no one. The HEROES Act, which would bring relief to millions of Americans struggling to stay in their homes during the COVID19 pandemic, has been sitting on his desk since May and remains unsigned. He has not once expressed dismay or displayed any sadness regarding the appalling loss of life due to the coronavirus as it continues to rage in every state in the union. The same goes for the families separated at the Southern border by this administration and the children who will most likely never see their parents ever again.

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 05: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) speaks to members of the media as Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L) listens after a weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. Senate GOPs held the weekly policy luncheon to discuss Republican agenda. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The sight of McConnell openly blubbering on the Senate floor for a man who’s still alive was just too much for Twitter, where users dragged the Majority Leader for this latest transgression and all of his previous ones as well.



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