He is an EVIL, NARCISSISTIC PIG! HIS BLIND ARROGANCE IS STIFLING ! What does this say able the people who continue to elect this political rapist!? Really Kentucky..ya not tired yet?
His inability to answer very fair and legitimate questions should tell you all you need to know about Mitch and a good portion of the Republican Party. Morale less Mitch.
Most politicians not just republicans, but Mitch is a rarity, he’s a truly spineless son of a bitch. Not a shred of dignity, morality or ethics in this man. Pure sport for him.
It’s OK don’t worry Republicans are gonna win the House and the Senate by a long shot and then you’ll see the real law take place in real laws that get instituted into the United States and we need it
Can't continue watching this because I find Mitch to be one of the most despicable characters in Washington DC. He is the perfect example of why there should be term limits. He is 100% blocking democracy and finds joy in continuously being a roadblock for any bill the democrats present. He has to go.
The problem is, which Republican would you rather have in his seat that they'd realistically choose? There's always going to be a Mitch as party leader, or worse, a Donald.
@@JungleLibrary Mitch is the one who pioneered the modern GOP obstructionist methodology, and I would honestly rather have anyone else in his position other than him - he's dangerous because he is a brilliant and ruthless individual, and who isn't in this for personal gain. Mitch does everything he does to serve this idea he has of the GOP - that makes him capable of making moves that cause himself to look bad, as long as he feels it serves the party
YOU. CANNOT. MAKE. THIS. UP. 33:26 "it's utterly absurd to say I'm unwilling to debate or discuss an issue with someone with whom i disagree" 35:01 "how many questions has he asked that i have refused to answer"
He’s had the needle removed from his moral compass…Swan’s questions perfectly trap him in his moral abyss and his gutless response “I’m not going to answer that question”… this is an elected official…America you have yourselves to blame
What I took from this interview is Mitch wants to win, at any cost. There is no moral fiber in his existence. He flutters in the wind and moves in direction the wind blows. He's definitely consistent on all of the wrong ways.
You said exactly what I feel! He's a throwback to the old days. He asks real questions and lets the interviewee answers uninterrupted, but he ensures he gets a response to the question he asked even if the response is to decline to answer.
The interviewer is fine but McConnell talks in circles praising Republican past with no praise for anyone else. He’s happy only when Republicans have control of the Supremes Court. Cherry picking at its best. Refusing to work with this Democrat government. Praising himself is TRUMPLY PATHETIC.
@@James-fg8rf I think he just misspoke. I hadn’t even noticed it until I saw your reply and ran it back again to check. Either Swan didn’t hear it or he did and rightly felt it wasn’t worth interrupting McConnell over. Saying ‘American’ instead of ‘Atlantic’ is one of the least objectionable things McConnell does in this interview
Definitely should have asked him if he is the grim reaper masquerading in a human suit. He kills everything for republican, independent and democratic working people. It's hard to listen to his voice.
I cant believe people in the audience just laugh at his blatant hypocrisy. His moves around Garland and the supreme court are so absolutely slimy its unbelievable.
I love when this happens!!!! Simultaneously brews a deep deep DEEEEEEEP frustration!!!! borderline hatred for ‘people like him’!! that hold office that are willing to destroy wat ever kinda country this is to keep him and his constituents rich!!.. mildly as I can put it
Too bad Moscow Mitch avoided all of them. He’s so old he doesn’t even know most of US informed can see through his bullshit. He seriously said most Americans cant even find Ukraine on a map, thats how dumb they want to keep US. Elitist America must die or America will keep dying…
I’ve been trying to vote this turd out since 2000! Blue dot in a red pool! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out! Rand is running for for re-election this year he needs to go! Charles Booker for Senate (D-KY) 2022!
Thank you Jonathan for hosting his feet to the fire and not letting him off easy. He is a terrible person and it's very unfortunate that he is such a powerful figure in our country.
"Why should the *American people* believe that Justice Thomas was not swayed by the interests of his wife?" "*I* have complete confidence in him to make the correct decisions." ~ authoritarianism ~
@@Nikkithedog-t6b hahaha, that's funny. He has no religion. That's like saying Trump was swayed by his religious beliefs. Both statements are oxymoronic
@@Nikkithedog-t6b I dunno, "Thou shalt not bear false witness" would be a religious principle that would prevent him from believing his wife's idiotic claims of a rigged election, at least. The problem with the religious is that they want to push their religion onto other people to follow it, when they themselves don't even follow it
What's scary is that in all truth, Mitch isn't a hypocrite. Everything he does is in service of "serving the GOP", and he will do anything to accomplish that. Understanding that fact makes every move of his make perfect sense.
"Well seems you did on Jan 6 but I guess that was while the capitol was being invaded" "Right that's what I was reacting to" like FFS Have a little spine Mitch
My gratitude for getting this out to a much larger population then HBO. So many packages to purchase content and only so much money to spend them on. Can makes finding and knowing these responses from Senators and other "leaders" available. Great interview, even more telling are the non answer - answers! Again, appreciate this opportunity 🙏
Not if you take away Fox. A study paid people who watched Fox to watch CNN for a month. Their minds changed on many issues and they realized they were being lied to by Fox. Just have to get them out of the Republican echo chamber of lies.
McConnell chooses not to answer any question the answer to which would force him to confirm his hypocrisy hence confirming it nevertheless. Surprise, surprise. Kudos to the interviewer for asking them and generating a pleasant feeling of Schadenfreude along with the unpleasant feeling of disgust in me.
That means he will stand for party and not country no matter how much it could hurt the country these kinds of people we dont need its time for him to retire before our government doesn something we can just walk away from
Understatement of the year. McConnell is not a great human being. If fact, he's an evil POS who doesn't care about voters. He's rich and doesn't care about anything except holding onto power.
Mitch asking him if an interpreter is needed is a d!ck move! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
You Resign, Senator Mitch McConnell. Party Loyalty is only to be adhered to so far. Not for you. It seems. You lost me. You have no morals at all. Morality - meaning. Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour.
I will ALWAYS take the time to watch any Jonathan Swan interview because he is fair, balanced, and is not out to ask "gotcha!" questions, just plain questions we all want to know. EXCELLENCE in his field.👏👏👏👏👏
Is it insane to think our elected leaders should be legally compelled (i mean forced, under penalty of losing their job) to answer any and every question posed to them? Like, is that a radical thought?
@@adamled99 he's the one who set the non political framework by claiming the election year was the real motive, then he went back on it immediately. Having no honor makes you a corrupt politician not someone to be championed. And no politics is about representing your constituents and the constitution not "winning" whatever that means in your context.
I would have had a hard time staying in my seat and not pulling a Will Smith on McConnell had I been in Swan's position. Bravo to him! Swan is a consummate interviewer. McConnell--what a disgrace to humanity, like so many of his cronies.
Great interview, but why does no one remind mitch that the supreme court nomination that he held up for the election in order for it to be decided by the people, was in fact decided by the electoral college since trump did not win the majority of votes. That being the case, one could argue that mitch himself determined who would be the justice.
McConnell: "NATO, The North America Treaty Organisation"...........It's "North Atlantic". Not a good start Mitch. Swan lets him off. He is GOOD. All the stars Jonathan.
We do not live in a democracy; we live in an oligarchy, and the oligarchic powers that be love McConnell for carrying out their self-serving, evil plans…
Omg half way into this and my blood is boiling 😡 he’s not answered one question! Literally I think he’s worse than trump and I didn’t think that was possible! People of Kentucky… are you f*cking serious!?!?!?!?!
Mitch needs to retire. Isn't your moral views suppose to steer your political view? And not your political party's views that steers your moral views? This interview shows exactly what is wrong with US politics
What's really shocking is the audience just laughs when McConnell makes jokes, then says "no comment" and laughs - mocking Jonathan Swan's questions. They don't seem to care whether McConnell answers any important questions. Who are these people??
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Swan could've asked : "All of the major modern bills were all passed by one party . . . is the other party too stupid to compose bills or is it they just don't care about the middle class as much as the rich and the corporations ?"
One thing that people often forget about Mitch is that he's brilliant, and is very skilled at applying tactics from The Art of War. Most specifically, he's mastered understanding his enemy better than they understand themselves. He knows exactly how the Democrats will act, and thus makes his moves accordingly. There's an interview it there from a while ago where he discusses this. It's funny - he's a remarkably candid and honest person; he freely talks about his methods, and it's obvious why he does what he does. He's honest in the way that a sociopath can be honest - tell you exactly how he's going to hurt you right before doing just that. Mitch will do anything, ANYTHING, to ensure the GOP stays together in accordance with his ideas of what it should be, and that makes him nearly as dangerous as Ralph Drollinger - Drollinger being the person who ran the Trump presidency from the shadows
Democracy, literally, rule by the people. Our democracy is broken. Don't profess to know all the answers but I think a positive first step would be to do away with the electoral college which is in direct conflict with the definition of Democracy. Make every vote in America in every matter and on every election count. Great interview which shows some of the ways our democracy isn't a true democracy.
There is more at stake than political rivalry and power posturing. Through concerted effort, the disposition of the SCOTUS is radically misaligned with the American people. The American original sin of disproportionate representation is in no small part to blame for political radicalization and polarization, regard of our basic social compact of equality under law as broken. A liberal democracy is a notion that each generation must buy into- a country is, after all, “just” an idea -which institutionalized minority rule has made less likely. Each act elevating the privilege of minority rule over the majority produces backlash, to which the privileged few respond with even more extreme power consolidation. In this authoritarian feedback loop, solutions supported by the vast majority of our citizens are not implemented, while only narrowly supported policies become the law of the land. Folks do not happily swallow such egregious unfairness, and when endemic, divest from our democratic institutions and communities. The consequence is a fragile, radically polarized Union, vulnerable to exploitation and any rivals that want to see our national experiment fail. “But the Biden rule-“ Results are what matters, not the maneuvers of the partisan battle. Whatever justification reached for, these anti-democratic postures are poison for a thriving democracy- and we are not thriving.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! This bill killer needs to go! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
So Mitch thinks Clarence Thomas is above letting his wife influence his decisions on the bench. Give me a break. Heard today on t.v. from a former Employee of the Trumpster Whitehouse that old Ginni had quite a number of meetings with the Orange one, espousing her views and opinions, making suggestions on how to run things.
Good good questions! The man's silliness is finally brought in broad daylight. God bless the journalist. His contradictions on Trump is perfect example.
Jonathan is generally an excellent interviewer but he should have pressed McConnell much more aggressively and not let him off the hook on any tough question. He should have also been prepared to stop the interview at any point if McConnell refused to answer questions.
I haven't watched an interview where both parties didn't yell over each other or ignore the questions asked or actually listen to the reply and counter question. I miss it
Mitch @4.13 calls NATO "North *America* Treaty Organisation". The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. A bad or at least a stupid mistake by McConnell.
The king of the Republicans has no moral red lines, fitting. Mitch's non-answers are the definition of party over country, partisanship at the expense of the American people, and the perfect example of what everyone hates about politicians
I almost threw up when McConnell says that there's "evil in the world and America is a symbol of freedom and democracy." And, he thinks that we have a "moral" obligation to help Ukraine. Then, Jonathan follows up and asks McConnell "So you think that moral leadership is important regarding what the mood of the electorate is?" McConnell's response: "Well, I think you need to lead public opinion in a different direction." Evasive and didn't answer the question. Total hypocrite!
Great interview if only MM would just give some answers. Love Jonathan Swan! He really stays focused and asks the hard hitting questions. I’m sure the American people deserve to know what their elected officials stand for. It is entirely inadequate to say we are different from the democrat party. I hope this tactic fails miserably in the midterms for the GOP.
A real interview! Thank you for asking REAL questions! And not backing down
Lol Mitch still didn’t answer any of the hard questions, but glad he asked.
"Free Speech = Hitler" -- Axios. "I am dumbb" -- Axios fan.
He is an EVIL, NARCISSISTIC PIG! HIS BLIND ARROGANCE IS STIFLING ! What does this say able the people who continue to elect this political rapist!? Really Kentucky..ya not tired yet?
Mitch is sucking on the teet of the Communist Chinese Party.
Jonathon Swan is how the media needs to conduct themself
His inability to answer very fair and legitimate questions should tell you all you need to know about Mitch and a good portion of the Republican Party. Morale less Mitch.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
Most politicians not just republicans, but Mitch is a rarity, he’s a truly spineless son of a bitch. Not a shred of dignity, morality or ethics in this man. Pure sport for him.
It’s OK don’t worry Republicans are gonna win the House and the Senate by a long shot and then you’ll see the real law take place in real laws that get instituted into the United States and we need it
@@tjschotts7970 sounds like you know a lot…🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😂😂😂
Can't continue watching this because I find Mitch to be one of the most despicable characters in Washington DC. He is the perfect example of why there should be term limits. He is 100% blocking democracy and finds joy in continuously being a roadblock for any bill the democrats present. He has to go.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
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The problem is, which Republican would you rather have in his seat that they'd realistically choose? There's always going to be a Mitch as party leader, or worse, a Donald.
Take Mitch, McCarthy, Taylor-Green, Gaetz, Jordan, Boebart, etc. Put them in a blender, and you have a very toxic and deadly brew.
@@JungleLibrary Mitch is the one who pioneered the modern GOP obstructionist methodology, and I would honestly rather have anyone else in his position other than him - he's dangerous because he is a brilliant and ruthless individual, and who isn't in this for personal gain.
Mitch does everything he does to serve this idea he has of the GOP - that makes him capable of making moves that cause himself to look bad, as long as he feels it serves the party
It’s so scary that these are the type of people making and changing laws
I’m absolutely blown away
Welcome to the club...
they've stolen the American experiment right out from under us...... backed by corporate moral bending fortunes
am i the only one who thought "now our sponsor Bank Of America" was gonna be a joke??
@James Chopper Macaw Someone has to pay the bills, I sure wouldn't pay to watch this interview.
@@frenchcat2910 well doesn't matter, Axios never claimed to be publicly funded news
YOU. CANNOT. MAKE. THIS. UP.
33:26 "it's utterly absurd to say I'm unwilling to debate or discuss an issue with someone with whom i disagree"
35:01 "how many questions has he asked that i have refused to answer"
He’s had the needle removed from his moral compass…Swan’s questions perfectly trap him in his moral abyss and his gutless response “I’m not going to answer that question”… this is an elected official…America you have yourselves to blame
More accurate, “America, you have Kentucky to blame.”
I shall blame you, Craig King
America is as corrupt as it's representatives.
@@markfisher6404 We hate kentucky
@@markfisher6404 WHY, Mr. Fisher? Why do you blame Mr. King????
What I took from this interview is Mitch wants to win, at any cost. There is no moral fiber in his existence. He flutters in the wind and moves in direction the wind blows. He's definitely consistent on all of the wrong ways.
A snake in the grass
Read the prince by machiavelli and you’ll see what his strategies are.
The american way. Amen
"Everyone in my circle who benefits from my position thinks i'm a great guy"
Swan is a nearly perfect political interviewer. It’s truly a breath of fresh air.
He reels them in.
You said exactly what I feel! He's a throwback to the old days. He asks real questions and lets the interviewee answers uninterrupted, but he ensures he gets a response to the question he asked even if the response is to decline to answer.
The interviewer is fine but McConnell talks in circles praising Republican past with no praise for anyone else.
He’s happy only when Republicans have control of the Supremes Court. Cherry picking at its best.
Refusing to work with this Democrat government. Praising himself is TRUMPLY PATHETIC.
Agree fully. Except where he fails to correct Mitch’s insane mistake at 4:22. A huge red flag
@@James-fg8rf I think he just misspoke. I hadn’t even noticed it until I saw your reply and ran it back again to check. Either Swan didn’t hear it or he did and rightly felt it wasn’t worth interrupting McConnell over. Saying ‘American’ instead of ‘Atlantic’ is one of the least objectionable things McConnell does in this interview
Swan: “…where do you draw your moral red line?”
Mitch: *with an evil laughter* “oh you silly boy…. I don’t have morals. You need a soul for that.”
🤣😂so true!
Definitely should have asked him if he is the grim reaper masquerading in a human suit. He kills everything for republican, independent and democratic working people. It's hard to listen to his voice.
😂😂😂 literally. I love the questions he dodged cause like, we know the answer, even if you don’t say it.
Yup spoken like a true sith
I cant believe people in the audience just laugh at his blatant hypocrisy. His moves around Garland and the supreme court are so absolutely slimy its unbelievable.
I agree with you, though it seems as if it was less than a handful.
I love when this happens!!!! Simultaneously brews a deep deep DEEEEEEEP frustration!!!! borderline hatred for ‘people like him’!! that hold office that are willing to destroy wat ever kinda country this is to keep him and his constituents rich!!.. mildly as I can put it
This is a great interview with pointed real questions. You made it again, Mr Swan. Bravo!
Too bad Moscow Mitch avoided all of them. He’s so old he doesn’t even know most of US informed can see through his bullshit. He seriously said most Americans cant even find Ukraine on a map, thats how dumb they want to keep US. Elitist America must die or America will keep dying…
Mitch has such contempt for the American people. Please can you Kentuckyans unelect him?
No wonder Kentucky is such a poor neglected hole!!! I think he is the Real Moscow Mitch!!!
I’ve been trying to vote this turd out since 2000! Blue dot in a red pool! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out! Rand is running for for re-election this year he needs to go!
Charles Booker for Senate (D-KY) 2022!
Kentucky is idiotic
Thank you Jonathan for hosting his feet to the fire and not letting him off easy. He is a terrible person and it's very unfortunate that he is such a powerful figure in our country.
"holding"
@@markfisher6404 "hosting his feet to the fire" is a great pun to be fair
@@Jodenator Indeed. If that was intended, I am impressed.
Kentucky which McConnell represents is one of the 10 poorest states in the US (all red)
That's because Mitch has been their Senator for almost 40 yrs. He became a multi-millionaire while the majority of. his constituency lives in poverty.
"Why should the *American people* believe that Justice Thomas was not swayed by the interests of his wife?"
"*I* have complete confidence in him to make the correct decisions."
~ authoritarianism ~
Actually he was swayed by his religious beliefs and that is far far poisonous than his wife.
"the correct decisions" = decisions that either benefit Repubes or don't hurt them
@@Nikkithedog-t6b hahaha, that's funny. He has no religion. That's like saying Trump was swayed by his religious beliefs. Both statements are oxymoronic
@@Nikkithedog-t6b I dunno, "Thou shalt not bear false witness" would be a religious principle that would prevent him from believing his wife's idiotic claims of a rigged election, at least. The problem with the religious is that they want to push their religion onto other people to follow it, when they themselves don't even follow it
McConnell: A hypocrite at heart. That's his moral red line.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on!
What's scary is that in all truth, Mitch isn't a hypocrite. Everything he does is in service of "serving the GOP", and he will do anything to accomplish that.
Understanding that fact makes every move of his make perfect sense.
I have an obligation to support authoritarians if my party wants it.
"Well seems you did on Jan 6 but I guess that was while the capitol was being invaded" "Right that's what I was reacting to" like FFS Have a little spine Mitch
Mitch is only for self interest, let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Register and vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
My gratitude for getting this out to a much larger population then HBO. So many packages to purchase content and only so much money to spend them on. Can makes finding and knowing these responses from Senators and other "leaders" available.
Great interview, even more telling are the non answer - answers!
Again, appreciate this opportunity 🙏
But Swan is great!
Dude has the charisma of a snapping turtle
He didn’t even answer HALF the questions he was asked.
He was fine with fluff questions but NOTHING serious
Sad
It's truly amazing how republicans can change their stance every other day, and their believers would just blindly change their opinions accordingly.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
Not if you take away Fox. A study paid people who watched Fox to watch CNN for a month. Their minds changed on many issues and they realized they were being lied to by Fox. Just have to get them out of the Republican echo chamber of lies.
Mitch is such a terrible person
McConnell chooses not to answer any question the answer to which would force him to confirm his hypocrisy hence confirming it nevertheless. Surprise, surprise. Kudos to the interviewer for asking them and generating a pleasant feeling of Schadenfreude along with the unpleasant feeling of disgust in me.
We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Register and vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
The turning to a new page after each, mostly unanswered point, is also quite effective.
You're are under the false assumption that this scumbag jagoff creature is actually human, he is sub human.
Why can't every journalist prepare for interviews as well as Jonathan Swan.
Blame the corporate overlords who hire non-principled graduates of journalism schools
Because Swan is NOT American
That means he will stand for party and not country no matter how much it could hurt the country these kinds of people we dont need its time for him to retire before our government doesn something we can just walk away from
Swan is a great interviewer. McConnell is not a great senator.
Understatement of the year. McConnell is not a great human being. If fact, he's an evil POS who doesn't care about voters. He's rich and doesn't care about anything except holding onto power.
How could someone like Mitch be in power?? SMH....($$billyah!!)
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
There needs to be more interviews like this
Swan is the best interviewing journalist in America hands down! 😐👍🏾
Agreed!
He's good but Mehdi Hassan is the best
Mitch asking him if an interpreter is needed is a d!ck move! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
Why the straight face emoji
Without a doubt.
NATO is the North ATLANTIC Treat Organization, not the North AMERICAN Treat Organization.
But why would the Senate Minority Leader need to know that?!
Treaty*
@@scottb7347 Thanks. I meant Treaty.
Ever since I watched his interview with Trump, I've always looked out for a Jonathan Swan interview
Me too!
Always beware of the man who walks wearing a permanent frown.
You Resign, Senator Mitch McConnell. Party Loyalty is only to be adhered to so far.
Not for you. It seems. You lost me. You have no morals at all.
Morality - meaning. Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
"Land of the free" in the hands of this sort of spineless creep who only desires power?
That was a shocker. - NOT! McConnell's glib and arrogant refusal to share any substantive POV is sadly, not a surprise. Wow.
He is a F ..in corrupt monster.
I will ALWAYS take the time to watch any Jonathan Swan interview because he is fair, balanced, and is not out to ask "gotcha!" questions, just plain questions we all want to know.
EXCELLENCE in his field.👏👏👏👏👏
Just plain questions we all want to know the answers to.
The sooner this guy is out of office, the better.
The guy is 80. I can't believe he's still there
How does an American football field, between the 40's, equate to whatever ol Mitch was blubbering about?
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
Nobody scores. Nothing gets done. The fans are disappointed, but the owners got their money from ticket sales.
So much time for so few answers
NATO --> North ATLANTIC Treaty Organization. Sheesh. Along with that first failed joke, this can ONLY get better.
xD
I loved the whole thing, but the simple "why do they hate you", was particularly funny. Great interview, didn't let McConnell get away with anything
Is it insane to think our elected leaders should be legally compelled (i mean forced, under penalty of losing their job) to answer any and every question posed to them? Like, is that a radical thought?
"I will definitely stop any democrat nominee in a non election year or an election year." - There I answered it for him.
As he should. Politics is fundamentally about winning or losing
As he should. Politics is fundamentally about winning or losing
You obviously would prefer an address in Russia or some smelly authoritarian country!!!
@@adamled99 he's the one who set the non political framework by claiming the election year was the real motive, then he went back on it immediately. Having no honor makes you a corrupt politician not someone to be championed. And no politics is about representing your constituents and the constitution not "winning" whatever that means in your context.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
Mitch McConnell makes more dodges than Chrysler motor co.
lol, that was good.
Amazing job. This should be played in every journalism school. Masterful interview skills.
Big props to Jonathan Swan
👍👍👍👍
I would have had a hard time staying in my seat and not pulling a Will Smith on McConnell had I been in Swan's position. Bravo to him! Swan is a consummate interviewer. McConnell--what a disgrace to humanity, like so many of his cronies.
Register and vote 🗳 those f@ckers out! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on!
The way I can’t wait for them to announce his passing.
Anyone else just see this guy as pure evil?
100%
Sure do and have for years
Yes, anyone with any morals can tell McConnell is evil.
Great interview, but why does no one remind mitch that the supreme court nomination that he held up for the election in order for it to be decided by the people, was in fact decided by the electoral college since trump did not win the majority of votes. That being the case, one could argue that mitch himself determined who would be the justice.
BOOM exactly.
Spot on
May Time claim him soon. 🙏
McConnell: "NATO, The North America Treaty Organisation"...........It's "North Atlantic". Not a good start Mitch. Swan lets him off. He is GOOD. All the stars Jonathan.
Hey, it's all about America, right? 🤔🤬
I'd be curious what would have happened if he corrected McConnell.
@@Punk-stuff Jonathan is too well mannered to point out the obvious. Mitch might even have said it was fake news.
@@patsavage1245 Yeah, I figured. It would just detract from the interview and Mitch does that enough on his own.
@@Punk-stuff 😂😂
How can this guy be powerful in the american Democracy?
We do not live in a democracy; we live in an oligarchy, and the oligarchic powers that be love McConnell for carrying out their self-serving, evil plans…
Americans democracy doesn't exist.
@charlotteritchie3338 Exactly.
Americans are still fooled by the 70 year old American dream which doesn't exist
Best interview of a sith lord that I have ever seen
Omg half way into this and my blood is boiling 😡 he’s not answered one question! Literally I think he’s worse than trump and I didn’t think that was possible!
People of Kentucky… are you f*cking serious!?!?!?!?!
good old mitch.
Recalling, did this monster actually answer a single question strait? Serious. A single one.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
This man has no moral compass whatsoever. (And I don't mean Jonathan Swan.)
TURTLE MAN, TURTLE MAN, GOT MORE GUT THAN BUTT. TURTLE MAN, TURTLE MAN, DO THE TURTLE STRUT.🐢🐢🐢
"My wife thinks I'm a really nice guy. My kids like me." , Jonathan -- "okay, that's 4 so far." LOL
Jonathan Swan did an excellent job!
Mitch needs to retire. Isn't your moral views suppose to steer your political view? And not your political party's views that steers your moral views? This interview shows exactly what is wrong with US politics
Exactly 💯
What's really shocking is the audience just laughs when McConnell makes jokes, then says "no comment" and laughs - mocking Jonathan Swan's questions. They don't seem to care whether McConnell answers any important questions. Who are these people??
Swan could've asked : "All of the major modern bills were all passed by one party . . . is the other party too stupid to compose bills or is it they just don't care about the middle class as much as the rich and the corporations ?"
Liz Cheney for Senate Leader!
It's hard to watch. He's such an evil pos.
We should have 4 to 6 year terms for senators. Mitch can do whatever because he has job security and no shame.
It could have as well be Joy Reid doing this interview.
All birds of the same feather and stripes.
McConnell: "Do we have an interpreter to help me?"
Swan: "Good idea, I don't speak bull$hit."
Americans ARE Fed UP!~
One thing that people often forget about Mitch is that he's brilliant, and is very skilled at applying tactics from The Art of War. Most specifically, he's mastered understanding his enemy better than they understand themselves. He knows exactly how the Democrats will act, and thus makes his moves accordingly.
There's an interview it there from a while ago where he discusses this. It's funny - he's a remarkably candid and honest person; he freely talks about his methods, and it's obvious why he does what he does. He's honest in the way that a sociopath can be honest - tell you exactly how he's going to hurt you right before doing just that.
Mitch will do anything, ANYTHING, to ensure the GOP stays together in accordance with his ideas of what it should be, and that makes him nearly as dangerous as Ralph Drollinger - Drollinger being the person who ran the Trump presidency from the shadows
Yes
Democracy, literally, rule by the people. Our democracy is broken. Don't profess to know all the answers but I think a positive first step would be to do away with the electoral college which is in direct conflict with the definition of Democracy. Make every vote in America in every matter and on every election count. Great interview which shows some of the ways our democracy isn't a true democracy.
McConnell is such a crook
There is more at stake than political rivalry and power posturing. Through concerted effort, the disposition of the SCOTUS is radically misaligned with the American people. The American original sin of disproportionate representation is in no small part to blame for political radicalization and polarization, regard of our basic social compact of equality under law as broken. A liberal democracy is a notion that each generation must buy into- a country is, after all, “just” an idea -which institutionalized minority rule has made less likely. Each act elevating the privilege of minority rule over the majority produces backlash, to which the privileged few respond with even more extreme power consolidation. In this authoritarian feedback loop, solutions supported by the vast majority of our citizens are not implemented, while only narrowly supported policies become the law of the land. Folks do not happily swallow such egregious unfairness, and when endemic, divest from our democratic institutions and communities. The consequence is a fragile, radically polarized Union, vulnerable to exploitation and any rivals that want to see our national experiment fail.
“But the Biden rule-“
Results are what matters, not the maneuvers of the partisan battle. Whatever justification reached for, these anti-democratic postures are poison for a thriving democracy- and we are not thriving.
It's incredible how much Republicans hate minorities considering they have been only surviving as a party via minority rule for like 4 decades now
Mitch McConnell...just needs to retire
Cause he don't care about the American people....he has been like this for yrs....
Mitch, being the grim reaper that he is, represents the devil himself as long as the devil delivers souls!!!
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! This bill killer needs to go! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
We question Clarence all the time, you just don't listen MITCH
Cant wait to listen to this after watching Swan review COVID graphs with Trump!!
So Mitch thinks Clarence Thomas is above letting his wife influence his decisions on the bench.
Give me a break. Heard today on t.v. from a former
Employee of the Trumpster Whitehouse that old Ginni had quite a number of meetings with the Orange one, espousing her views and opinions, making suggestions on how to run things.
Register and vote 🗳! We cannot let them get control! Let’s ditch Mitch and minions for all they stand for/on! Let’s vote 🗳 those f@ckers out!
Good good questions! The man's silliness is finally brought in broad daylight. God bless the journalist. His contradictions on Trump is perfect example.
Jonathan is generally an excellent interviewer but he should have pressed McConnell much more aggressively and not let him off the hook on any tough question. He should have also been prepared to stop the interview at any point if McConnell refused to answer questions.
He has no morals.
Good on you Jonathan
Very proud of our Johnathon swan. And his dad, Norman. Go Aussies
9:57
It's not a crazy hypothetical question.
It's how government is supposed to function!
So, no moral red line for Mitch McConnell... Thanks for the clarification
I haven't watched an interview where both parties didn't yell over each other or ignore the questions asked or actually listen to the reply and counter question. I miss it
Mitch @4.13 calls NATO "North *America* Treaty Organisation". The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. A bad or at least a stupid mistake by McConnell.
Jonathan Swan is just incredible at his job. What a journalist.
The king of the Republicans has no moral red lines, fitting. Mitch's non-answers are the definition of party over country, partisanship at the expense of the American people, and the perfect example of what everyone hates about politicians
Vote McConnell out! He's the worst - Jonathan may not have gotten him to answer, but he thoroughly exposed McConnell as evil with no morals.
I almost threw up when McConnell says that there's "evil in the world and America is a symbol of freedom and democracy." And, he thinks that we have a "moral" obligation to help Ukraine. Then, Jonathan follows up and asks McConnell "So you think that moral leadership is important regarding what the mood of the electorate is?" McConnell's response: "Well, I think you need to lead public opinion in a different direction." Evasive and didn't answer the question. Total hypocrite!
Great interview if only MM would just give some answers.
Love Jonathan Swan! He really stays focused and asks the hard hitting questions.
I’m sure the American people deserve to know what their elected officials stand for. It is entirely inadequate to say we are different from the democrat party. I hope this tactic fails miserably in the midterms for the GOP.
We need to get rid of mitch mcconnell as a republican myself
The next clown America must get rid of.
lady McConnell??? Jonathan said it when addressing him and i agree..
'Leader' McConnell as he is minority leader of the US Senate.
Why did he even agree to do the interview?
Excellent, best disinfectant is sunshine. He knows the level of scumbagery he has achieved and swan politely pointed it out.