Democrats Want to Transform US Into a Socialist Country: Senate GOP Leader

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks past the chamber as the Senate advances to formally begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan, at the Capitol in Washington, on July 30, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Democrats are trying to use the pandemic to enact a legislative agenda that would transform America into a socialist country with policies, such as having the federal government fund healthcare and childcare, and ending America’s energy independence.

“The reckless taxing and spending spree the Democrats are writing behind closed doors is designed to leave Americans with a socialist country they never voted for. A country that working families in many ways would barely recognize,” said McConnell from the floor of the Senate on Monday..