Washington * Sticks and stones may break his bones, but poor Mitch McConnell thinks words hurt him, too.
The Senate majority leader is distressed that people are calling him names. First there was "Moscow Mitch" (because he refuses to do anything significant to stop Russian interference in U.S. elections), and then there was "Massacre Mitch" and even "Murder Turtle" (because he refuses to take up gun-violence legislation despite massacre after massacre). At the risk of hurting the Kentucky Republican's tender feelings still further, I suggest another moniker: Muzzle Mitch.
McConnell, who styles himself a champion of free speech, has lately not been such a fan of free speech directed against him.