McConnell Rushes to TV Cameras to Gush ‘The Period of Bipartisanship Is Over’ After Infrastructure Talks Break Down

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wasted no time collapsing Tuesday afternoon after talks between the Biden White House and McConnell’s hand-picked deputy, Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV).

“If you look at what the Majority Leader has in mind for June, it’s pretty clear that the era of non-partisanship is over,” said McConnell, referring to Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s intentions to introduce laws on pay equity, LGBTQ equality and gun control to enact the floor for votes.

It took McConnell less than an hour after the news broke of the two-week-long talks and he spoke to reporters.

“Our focus is 100 percent on stopping this new administration,” McConnell said a month ago. “What we have in the Senate is total unity from Susan Collins to Ted Cruz as opposed to what the new Biden administration is trying to do to this country,” he added.

President Joe Biden’s original infrastructure bill proposal was $ 2.3 trillion. It went back to $ 1.7 trillion in hopes the GOP would show up and meet him there. Its offer is now $ 1 trillion. According to NBC News, the GOP is $ 330 billion.

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Mitch McConnell said it was clear that “the era of non-partisanship is over” after it was revealed that infrastructure talks between President Joe Biden and GOP Senator Shelley Moore Capito are over. https://t.co/5GOvzzQAVX pic.twitter.com/2NzarQRW1H

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