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Dahleen Glanton: Donald Trump could pose the greatest threat to America. But his enabler, Mitch McConnell, is a close second.

The most powerful politician in Washington will be up for re-election next year. No, we're not talking about Donald Trump. We're talking about the man who makes sure Trump gets whatever he wants.

As the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell has been among Trump's most adept enablers. Without McConnell, Trump's first three years in office would have been indisputably deemed a colossal failure. In fact, the president might have been impeached by now.

It should come as no surprise that Democrats have set their sights on McConnell for defeat in 2020. It is

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