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(CNN) Since two more mass shootings left more than two dozen people dead in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio this past weekend, Americans—from left, right and center -- have been amplifying their demands that someone do something, anything, to end America's long national nightmare of gun violence.
But that's not happening, thanks in large part to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
McConnell may have been elected to represent the state of Kentucky, but he works hard to make sure that no one in Congress can get anything done unless he judges it politically expedient.
In fact, the politician -- the longest serving Republican US Senate leader in history -- has spent his tenure squelching bipartisan legislation aimed at making Americans safer from guns.
wwarnout on August 7th, 2019 at 13:27 UTC »
McConnell has been obstructing Congress for over a decade. No single person should have the kind of power.
PoopWater775 on August 7th, 2019 at 13:21 UTC »
3 Republicans could break with him and end this mess. Every single Senate Republican agrees with what Mitch is doing. Make no mistake. He's got allies in his fight against American independence.
Nelsaroni on August 7th, 2019 at 12:52 UTC »
The entire republican party does.