Mitch McConnell just took a blow
Considering how scandalous it was, it went severely underreported at the time. Even as Vladimir Putin was controlling his puppet Donald Trump in the White House, Russia also just happened to be setting up an aluminum plant in Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky. While there was never any proof, observers have long suspected that Putin gifted the plant to McConnell’s state in order to keep McConnell loyal to Trump.
Now that Trump is gone from office, and McConnell is no longer in control of the Senate, the Russian aluminum company is – surprise – suspending its investments in the Kentucky plant. Who saw that coming?
This will be widely interpreted as Putin and Russia pulling the plug because there’s simply no reason to spend money trying to keep Mitch McConnell happy anymore. Whether this is the case or not, it’s a blow to McConnell. His approval rating numbers in Kentucky have always been low, but he keeps getting reelected because his influence makes Kentucky politically relevant. Now McConnell is losing the plant jobs that he promised his state.
