Mitch McConnell says Democrats will kill small businesses over COVID-19 aid gridlock

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday slammed Democrats for blocking narrow coronavirus relief bills in favor of what he called a “multi-trillion-dollar laughingstock” proposal — saying the gridlock could kill small businesses in the final stretch of the COVID-19 pandemic. McConnell (R-Ky.) said on the Senate floor that a months-long stalemate means businesses may…