McConnell blasts Democrats for releasing "liberal thugs" on conservatives
WASHINGTON -- Throwing red meat to the conservative base gathered in Washington this week for a national conference, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday blasted President Obama for dividing the nation, accusing him of favoring his political allies over other Americans.
"The president needs to remember he was elected to be president of the United Staets, not the Occupy Wall Street fan club," he said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Alluding to criticisms from Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer of well-funded, conservative super PACs, McConnell said Democrats have released "liberal thugs" on Americans who support conservative causes. Their hope, he said, is that "the unwanted attention scares them from supporting similar causes down the road."
He blasted the Obama administration for "picking on Fox News" and digging "through other people's tax returns." The president, he said, "should be looking for solutions instead of scapegoats."
"We will not let a single day pass without reminding the American people what this president has done," he said. "We're going to remind folks we're not in this mess because of tsunami in Japan or a debt crisis in Europe [but because] the president got everything he wanted for two long years."
The only reason there's been some economic improvement, McConnell said, is because of Republican victories in the 2010 elections. The one good thing to come out of the Obama presidency, he said, is "a resurgence of common sense conservatism."
