McConnell calls Build Back Better ‘a gigantic slush fund’

Published November 29, 2021 10:29pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion social welfare and green energy legislation will serve as “a gigantic slush fund” for renewable energy initiatives and new government programs.

McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, warned that the Build Back Better plan would implement crushing taxes, make inflation worse, and disincentivize work, all while rewarding America’s richest with a tax cut.

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