McConnell: Clinton Has A 'Tortured Relationship With The Truth'
CLEVELAND (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The top two Republicans in Congress took swipes at presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan warned about what would happen if America elected Clinton as president.
McConnell called Clinton a consistent liar, citing that she has changed her position on a number of topics.
"Not since Baghdad Bob has there been such a public figure with such a tortured relationship with the truth," McConnell told the crowed, referencing former Iraqi official Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf under Saddam Hussein.
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McConnell said Donald Trump will sign bills to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, build the Keystone pipeline and deny Planned Parenthood any federal money.
McConnell touched on Senate Republicans blocking Obama from filling the vacant Supreme Court seat after Justice Antonin Scalia died.
"Obama would not fill his seat, that honor will go to Donald Trump," McConnell said.
McConnell also called on Americans to leave the Senate in Republican control, while electing Trump.
Ryan, for his part, said Clinton represents a third term of Obama's presidency instead of the "clean break from a failed system" that many Americans want.
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"The Obama years are almost over, the Clinton years are way over, 2016 is the year America moves on," Ryan said at the convention.
Ryan stated that the Republican Party "stands as the great enduring political party."
"Progressives deliver everything except progress," Ryan told the crowd.
The Wisconsin Republican added that next week's Democratic convention will be a "four-day infomercial of politically correct moralizing."
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