"Moscow Mitch" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Referring to Mitch McConnell's opposition to sanctions voted by the Senate against the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in 2018.",
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          "ref": "2016 May 21, Tiffany Twain, Big Picture Perspectives and A Pursuit of Social Activism, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 16:",
          "text": "\"Moscow Mitch\" has acted as a Trojan horse for crony capitalists, allowing them to wield domineering control over our national politics and decision-making. He has been diabolically opposed to fairer political representation and[…]",
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          "ref": "2020 May 26, Marvin Kitman, Gullible's Travels: A Comical History of the Trump Era, Seven Stories Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Moscow Mitch won't allow it. The Senate Republican majority leader told us he didn't like that nickname. So in deference, I will not call him that. Even before the House impeachment hearings began, Leningrad Mitch pledged that[…]",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 February 9, Nicole Perlroth, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The efforts earned McConnell the moniker \"Moscow Mitch.\" In September 2019, Sen. McConnell finally agreed to a bill authorizing $250 million for election security. The bill did not require that states use the funds for secure[…]",
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        "U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell."
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        "(US politics, derogatory) U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell."
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  "etymology_text": "Referring to Mitch McConnell's opposition to sanctions voted by the Senate against the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in 2018.",
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          "ref": "2016 May 21, Tiffany Twain, Big Picture Perspectives and A Pursuit of Social Activism, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 16:",
          "text": "\"Moscow Mitch\" has acted as a Trojan horse for crony capitalists, allowing them to wield domineering control over our national politics and decision-making. He has been diabolically opposed to fairer political representation and[…]",
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        },
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          "ref": "2020 May 26, Marvin Kitman, Gullible's Travels: A Comical History of the Trump Era, Seven Stories Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Moscow Mitch won't allow it. The Senate Republican majority leader told us he didn't like that nickname. So in deference, I will not call him that. Even before the House impeachment hearings began, Leningrad Mitch pledged that[…]",
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          "text": "The efforts earned McConnell the moniker \"Moscow Mitch.\" In September 2019, Sen. McConnell finally agreed to a bill authorizing $250 million for election security. The bill did not require that states use the funds for secure[…]",
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