Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has done more than anyone to marry money and politics, helping free companies to spend as much as they please to influence elections. But when some CEOs came out against Republican-sponsored voter suppression laws he cried foul.
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The cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Mitch McConnell caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0), body (US Senate), logos: 1 (Blackstone Group / Wikimedia), 2 (UPS / Wikimedia), 3 (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts / Wikimedia), 4 (NextEra Energy / Wikimedia), 5 (Apollo Global Management / Wikimedia), 6 (Capital Group Companies / Wikimedia), 7 (Humana / Wikimedia), 8 (AT&T / Wikimedia), 9 (Blue Cross Blue Shield Association / Wikimedia), 10 (GEO Group / Wikimedia), 11 (Eli Lilly / Wikimedia), 12 (Raytheon / Wikimedia), 13 (American Airlines / Wikimedia), 14 (UnitedHealth Group / Wikimedia), 15 (MetLife logo / Wikimedia), 16 (JPMorgan Chase / Wikimedia), 17 (Altria Group / Wikimedia), 18 (FedEx / Wikimedia), 19 (Pfizer / Wikimedia), 20 (Comcast / Wikimedia), 21 (Charter / Wikimedia), 22 (Cigna / Wikimedia), 23 (CVS / Wikimedia), money pallet (Unknown / Wikimedia), and vault (ahobbit / Pixabay).
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Related front page panorama photo credit: Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell / YouTube.