From GQ‘s Luke Darby:

On Wednesday, Mitch McConnell once again articulated his commitment to limiting voter turnout, but this time he didn’t try to hide behind “security concerns.” He took to the Senate floor to voice his opposition to a proposal that Election Day be made a federal holiday. It’s a move that would go a long way to improving voter turnout and drastically cutting down wait times. Or, as McConnell sees it, it’s a “power grab” by Democrats.

Video of the comments is no better. He mocks the suggestion that federal employees be granted time off to volunteer at polling places because, in his words, they’re likely to support Democrats. McConnell doesn’t even bother to come up with a half-assed excuse—instead he exposes his blanket contempt for government workers because, he suspects, they vote for Democrats, and for that reason alone, it shouldn’t be easier for them to cast a vote.

Read more from the GQ article here or take a look at the video of McConnell’s comments here:

Mitch McConnell just mocked the idea of a national Election Day holiday on the Senate floor.

Our turnout sucks — some of the worst in the world — due to our antiquated system.

But he’s not even remotely ashamed about wanting to keep turnout suppressed.pic.twitter.com/1edtOF6RrG

— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) January 30, 2019