Ep. 583 – Mitch McConnell just did something evil AND brilliant. Let me explain.

Yesterday Mitch McConnell announced that he is going to block something that was WIDELY expected to have bi-partisan support. During the pandemic, a policy was enacted to pay for school lunches across the country. It’s popular from coast to coast with conservatives and liberals alike. And Democrats wanted to renew it. But Mitch shocked everybody and said he’s blocking it.

Let me explain what’s evil AND brilliant about this.

It’s evil, point blank, because it’s going to deny school children equal access to lunch. But what’s brilliant, in the most nefarious way about this, is what I think is a central organizing principle of Republicans.

They don’t give Democrats ANYTHING. And ultimately stretch Democrats so thin, making them fight in so many battles, for even the most basic scraps of government, that they never really get to fight for deep systemic change.

Ultimately, even though Democrats control the House, Senate, and Presidency, conservatives are still setting so much of the domestic agenda from day to day.

Let me unpack and explain it.