McConnell wants Democrats to drop ‘Hatfield and McCoy’ routine

Published January 23, 2017 10:24pm ET



Sen. Majority Leader McConnell on Monday called on Democrats to work with the GOP on a “fresh canvas” to reform the health insurance system and to drop their intense partisan attacks.

“We can work together to finally solve big problems like Obamacare or we can continue to bludgeon each other, election after election,” McConnell, R-Ky., said in a Senate floor speech. “Our Democratic friends can crank the faux outrage machine up to ten, claim Republicans are motivated by some desire to make America sick, and get right back to the Hatfield and McCoy routine.”

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