Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during the the weekly Senate Republican news conference, at the Capitol, Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib).
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UPDATED 11:32 AM PT – Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)railed against President Joe Biden for spending COVID-19 funds on unrelated projects. While speaking on the Senate floor Monday, the Kentucky lawmaker said the legacy of Biden’s nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan is “pickle ball amenities and ski slopes” rather than defeating the pandemic itself.
McConnell added, Biden also gave out environmental justice grants to address inequitable free canopy cover in Massachusetts. He then pointed out that the funds from the so-called American Rescue Plan also went toward advancing critical race theory at public schools by funding…
