Mitch McConnell

==In popular culture==
McConnell's detractors have called him by a number of nicknames, including "Moscow Mitch",<ref name = "MoscowMitch">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/us/politics/moscow-mitch-mcconnell.html|title='Moscow Mitch' Tag Enrages McConnell and Squeezes G.O.P. on Election Security|author=Hulse, Carl|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 30, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921145645/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/us/politics/moscow-mitch-mcconnell.html|url-status=live}}</ref> "Cocaine Mitch",<ref name = "MoscowMitch" /> the "Grim Reaper",<ref name = "GrimReaper" /> "[[Darth Vader]]",<ref name = "DarkSide">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitch-mcconnell-senate-left-1331577|title=Mitch McConnell embraces his dark side|work=[[Politico]]|author=Everett, Burgess|date=May 19, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901210035/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/19/mitch-mcconnell-senate-left-1331577|url-status=live}}</ref> "Rich Mitch",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/us-election-2020/trump-lincoln-project-mitch-mcconnell-kentucky-ad-a9537206.html|title='Rich Mitch':Republican Group That Infuriated Trump Takes Aim at Senate Leader in New Ad|work=[[The Independent]]|author=Naughtie, Andrew|date=May 28, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=November 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110071322/https://www.independent.co.uk/us-election-2020/trump-lincoln-project-mitch-mcconnell-kentucky-ad-a9537206.html|url-status=live}}</ref> "Nuclear Mitch",<ref name = "DarkSide" /> "Midnight Mitch",<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tobin|first=Ben|title=McConnell called 'Midnight Mitch' for controversial proposed impeachment trial rules|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2020/01/21/trump-impeachment-mcconnell-called-midnight-mitch-over-trial-rules/4528790002/|date=January 21, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2020|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120195905/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2020/01/21/trump-impeachment-mcconnell-called-midnight-mitch-over-trial-rules/4528790002/|url-status=live}}</ref> and "Old Crow".<ref>{{cite news|title=Mitch McConnell responds to Trump's 'Old Crow' insult: 'It's quite an honor'|work=[[CNN]]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/politics/mitch-mcconnell-old-crow/index.html|date=July 13, 2021|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831153605/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/politics/mitch-mcconnell-old-crow/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> McConnell is known to embrace several of them, however, he has objected strenuously to the nickname "Moscow Mitch".<ref name = "MoscowMitch"/><ref>Reasons cited for McConnell's opposition to the nickname include "a longstanding resistance to federal [[#Election security|control over state elections]], newly enacted security improvements that were shown to have worked in the 2018 voting and his suspicion that Democrats are trying to gain partisan advantage with a host of proposals".</ref>

[[Jon Stewart]] repeatedly mocked McConnell on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' for his resemblance to a [[turtle]] or [[tortoise]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2015/05/13/mitch-mcconnell-responds-to-daily-show-turtle-impersonation.html|title=Mitch McConnell responds to 'Daily Show' turtle impersonation|work=[[CNBC]]|date=May 13, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807084303/https://www.cnbc.com/video/2015/05/13/mitch-mcconnell-responds-to-daily-show-turtle-impersonation.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/daily-show-president-obama-mitch-mcconnell-tortoise-republicans/|title=Jon Stewart Takes 'Slow-Talking Tortoise-Man' Mitch McConnell to Task – Again (Video)|date=November 7, 2014|work=The Wrap|author=Maglio, Tony|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804015953/https://www.thewrap.com/daily-show-president-obama-mitch-mcconnell-tortoise-republicans/|url-status=live}}</ref> McConnell has been portrayed by [[Beck Bennett]] in various sketches on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Itzkoff |first1=Dave |title='S.N.L.' Imagines the Impeachment Trial That Could Have Been |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/arts/television/snl-jj-watt-impeachment-luke-combs.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 2, 2020 |access-date=February 16, 2020 |archive-date=February 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216020621/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/arts/television/snl-jj-watt-impeachment-luke-combs.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, McConnell was portrayed satirically in ''[[South Park]]''{{'}}s [[South Park (season 21)|season 21]] episode "[[Doubling Down (South Park)|Doubling Down]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2017/11/09/south-park-review-doubling-down-is-the-most-insightful-episode-in-years/#4e9caa8c7684|work=[[Forbes]]|title='South Park' Review: 'Doubling Down' Is The Most Insightful Episode In Years|author=Di Placidio, Dani|date=November 9, 2017|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804003839/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2017/11/09/south-park-review-doubling-down-is-the-most-insightful-episode-in-years/#4e9caa8c7684|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the 2014 campaign season, McConnell was lampooned for posting campaign [[B-roll]] footage online for use by allied [[Political action committee|PACs]]. Various Internet posters satirically interspersed the B-roll with footage from [[sitcom]]s and movies, and popular music. The practice&nbsp;— either of posting B-roll footage online for usage by PACs, or of lampooning the B-roll&nbsp;— was termed "McConnelling".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2019/06/06/what-is-mcconnelling-how-campaigns-skirt-coordination-laws-to-help-pacs-make-ads/|work=Roll Call|title=What is McConnelling? How campaigns skirt coordination laws to help PACs make ads|first1=Nathan L.|last1=Gonzales|first2=Thomas|last2=McKinless|date=June 6, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108022651/https://www.rollcall.com/2019/06/06/what-is-mcconnelling-how-campaigns-skirt-coordination-laws-to-help-pacs-make-ads/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/03/14/how-mcconnelling-came-to-be/|author=Fuller, Jaime|date=March 14, 2014|title=How 'McConnelling' came to be the hottest thing on the political web|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210213323/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/03/14/how-mcconnelling-came-to-be/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/28036/mcconnell-embraces-mcconnelling/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|title=McConnell Embraces #McConnelling|author=Newton-Small, Jay|date=March 17, 2014|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023033906/https://time.com/28036/mcconnell-embraces-mcconnelling/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015 and 2019, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' listed McConnell as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.<ref name="Boehner"/><ref name="Time"/> In 2021, McConnell was named one of the United States' top "climate villains" by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Georgia |last2=Olenick |first2=Liat |last3=Westervelt |first3=Amy |author3-link=Amy Westervelt |date=October 27, 2021 |title=The dirty dozen: meet America's top climate villains |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/27/climate-crisis-villains-americas-dirty-dozen |access-date=October 19, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019140503/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/27/climate-crisis-villains-americas-dirty-dozen |url-status=live }}</ref>