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Where Things Stand: This Alleged ‘Double Standard’

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives for a meeting with GOP Senators in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Donald Tru... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives for a meeting with GOP Senators in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is attending the weekly lunch meeting of Republican Senators. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS

June 10, 2020 1:04 p.m.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stood on the Senate floor this morning, nobly calling out the “double standard” he thinks is being applied to protests amid COVID-19.

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