It still rings in my ears: Mitch McConnell actually said, “I get to decide what we vote on.” Evidently he is so far over the edge that he deems it unnecessary to conceal such totally undemocratic language and behavior.

Even before becoming Trump’s enabler, he refused to allow Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, to proceed to consideration. Thanks to McConnell’s machinations we now have someone serving on the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, rated ‘not qualified’ by the American Bar Association.

McConnell’s latest refusal to behave democratically has him blocking HR1 from advancing to the Senate for discussion. This bill would clean up elections: from changing how we finance them to making it easier to vote and register. McConnell calls this a ‘power grab’. Undoubtedly it would grab away his power, but that could happen even if he suppresses the bill because 12,000 people are already donating money in support of his UN-election.