Article snippet: Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) is under fire from Democrats for repeatedly blocking election security legislation in recent days. The simmering anger among Senate Democrats reached a boiling point this week when McConnell blocked two attempts to pass election bills shortly after former special counsel MORE warned that foreign governments will interfere in the 2020 elections. “We are not going to let Leader McConnell put the bills passed by the House into his legislative graveyard without a fight. You're going to hear from us on this issue over and over again,” Minority Leader MORE (D-N.Y.) said on the Senate floor. Sen. accused the GOP leader of “abdicating his responsibility to protect American democracy so he can protect a President who unravels it day-by-day.” Democrats are hitting McConnell, who is up for reelection next year, from all angles: showdowns on the floor, press conferences and an endless barrage of tweets. Their ultimate goal, they say, is to try to force McConnell to move legislation or at least go on the record blocking bills heading into 2020. McConnell fired back in a series of tweets Friday night while seeking to raise money for his campaign, saying "Democrats’ Russian conspiracy theories against MORE repeatedly referred to the GOP leader as “Moscow Mitch.” Democrats argue their case was bolstered this week when Mueller and FBI Director Christopher Wray said Russia or other governments will try to interfere in next year’s presidential el... Link to the full article to read more