McConnell trashes Democrats for 'running roughshod' over state elections

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday mocked a vote reform and campaign finance bill from House Democrats as the “Democrat Politician Protection Act,” and said he won’t be bringing it up for a vote.

“Running roughshod over states’ and communities’ control of elections, regulating and chilling the American people’s exercise of the First Amendment, forcing taxpayers to indirectly donate to the politicians they don’t like, and a dozen other bad ideas to boot,” McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday on the floor, describing the bill. “Behold, the signature legislation of the new House Democrat majority.”