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MSNBC host and chief Washington correspondent Andrea Mitchell flaunted her admiration for Democrats and communist dictators on Tuesday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports as she gushed about Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and his new “beautiful book.” She longed for the old days when Democrats controlled the Senate and lauded Leahy’s work with her favorite murderous monster, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
“With politics more divided than ever in our country, voters angrier about governmental institutions and pessimistic about the country's direction, it's a good moment to look back at a time when the United States Senate was indeed the conscience of the nation with a man who has served for more than 40 years under nine American presidents,” Mitchell opined as she introduced Leahy and his new book, The Road Taken.
After spending a few minutes getting Leahy’s reaction on contemporary political stories, Mitchell shifted gears into reverse and wanted to reminisce about that past. “I want to ask you about what the Senate was like in 1974, you were one of the Watergate class reformers who came to Washington” she touted.
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