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HOME > History > McConnell > MajorityJuly 3, 2014 | By Greg Fisher
True: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is the minority leader of the U.S. Senate.
False: "The site scored an Onion-esque achievement when it fooled the Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell with the headline, [LAUGHS] 'Guantánamo Prisoners to Receive G.I. Bill Benefits.'" - onthemedia.org, 2013
False: "'Symbolic votes like this that aim to do nothing but pit people against each other will only frustrate the public even more,' said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell." - about.com, 2011
False: "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell might be in serious trouble in Kentucky, according to a new poll." - thewire.com (of the Atlantic Monthly Group) on yahoo.com, 2013
False:
The Democrats don't employ this strategy as well, but when they attempt to, they point to Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and rogue U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.
If your opponent did a good job — no problem — just make something up. A good scandal is not too hard to manufacture: Change the numbers, blame them for something out of their control — you know, rewrite history.
The same, false sentence appears in two different items. Turn down your speakers.
False: "In Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to be pulling away from Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, reaching the critical 50 percent mark with Grimes now at 41 percent." - Fox News, "New polls show Republicans pulling away in key Senate races," November 2, 2014
False: "In Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appears to be pulling away from Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, reaching the critical 50 percent mark with Grimes now at 41 percent." - Fox News, "Democrats, Republicans make forceful closing arguments in final 24 hours," November 3, 2014
