Sanders denounces McConnell's "cowardice" during his visit to Kentucky, the Republican's country of origin

Bernie Sanders reiterated his attacks on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday afternoon at a fiery rally in the state of Kentucky, Republican, demanding that McConnell put an end to his cowardice "and" have the courage "to immediately adopt a bill aimed at reducing arms violence, strengthening electoral security and raising the federal minimum wage.

The fiery speech from Louisville came as national Democrats, hoping to reclaim not only the White House but also the Senate in 2020, turned more and more to McConnell, 77 years old.

"If I'm in Louisville, it's for asking McConnell to do what's right," said Sanders at the rally, his voice rising. "Stop worrying about your billionaire friends – they get out of it very well – and start worrying about the working families in this state and across the country who are struggling to keep their heads out of control. water."

Sanders also presented his version of the Green New Deal during a speech in a Kentucky coal producer. Last week, Sanders turned heads tweeting that the leaders of the fossil fuel industry should be criminally prosecuted for damaging the environment.

"Why does it oppose virtually every law that protects working families, while supporting laws that provide huge tax breaks to billionaires?" Sanders asked the participants of the rally on Sunday. "Follow the money." (Earlier this year, Sanders spoke with progressive militant groups, pointing out that he had since largely dropped his criticism of "millionaires and billionaires", preferring to choose only "billionaires" since Sanders it's revealed multimillionaire.)

Sanders added that McConnell had received "huge amounts of campaign contributions from Wall Street companies such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and hedge funds," the crowd announced.

"If you want to vote against any of these laws, that's fine," Sanders said. "You have the right to return to Kentucky and tell people why you voted as you did.But you do not have the right to stop democracy in the US Senate. do not have the right to prevent debate and votes on the most important issues facing workers in this country. "

Sanders concludes by applauding, "Stop your cowardice, have the courage to debate problems."

McConnell has partnered with Trump to prepare for his bid for the 2020 reelection, and the long-time Senator has pledged to bury the Democrats' House program. Senate Republicans, for example, have not passed Democrat bills that would increase firearms history checks and funding for election security.

In response to ongoing attacks, McConnell lamented what he called an unprecedented division in Washington. At the end of last month, in unusually strong, angry and personal terms, McConnell countered what he called "baseless smears" in the left wing media and vowed not to be "intimidated" , following an editorial published in the Washington Post that declared it "Russian asset."

In particular, many Republicans have said that congressional Democrats are engaged in politics seeking funds for election security that have already been allocated for this purpose. Last year, Republicans allocated $ 380 million to states for election security in a funding bill, although this decision attracted little attention.

And McConnell said he was ready to work for bipartite gun control reforms.

Nevertheless, political clashes turned into threats earlier this month, when progressive militants gathered in front of McConnell's home while he was inside. A protester called someone to stab McConnell "in the heart" and break his neck "in tatters".

Twitter then suspended the account of McConnell's re-election campaign for publishing a video of the episode, but the social media giant subsequently overturned its decision under pressure from Republicans.

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The episode has led many Republicans to ask the Democrats to calm down their speech. But on Sunday, Sanders directly accused McConnell of prioritizing campaign contributions to national security.

"McConnell, take a look around and tell your wealthy contributors to the campaign that too much is too much – they can not have everything," Sanders said.

Prior to the rally at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Sanders spoke to striking AT & T workers who accused management of "unfair labor practices" when negotiating a new contract.

The Vermont senator told union members that workers across the country needed to "stand up and tell American businesses that this was enough". He added that companies had to reinvest in America and stop sending jobs overseas.

Kentucky Republican governor Matt Bevin, whom Sanders also attacked, condemned the self-proclaimed Socialist Socialist for "protesting against the business world, protesting against those creating jobs and opportunities".

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"He thinks that everything should be free, that job creators should be punished, and that people who work and do not work to varying degrees should get everything for free," Bevin said. "It does not work that way … Whenever someone gets something for free, someone else pays the price."

Sanders, Bevin continued, was "crazy" and "strongly believes" that the rights of the second amendment should be restricted.

Allie Raffa of Fox News in Louisville, Sam Dorman and the Associated Press contributed to this story.