Senate Republicans created a weirdly twee video about Mitch McConnell
What do you get when you mix Senate Republicans with Wes Anderson-esque lens filters and fonts? Apparently this video, which follows Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and boasts about the various accomplishments (K-12 education reform and modernizing energy policy, for example) of GOP senators.
If only they chose a backing track that was a little more twee, a little less jazzy organ.
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