#MoscowMitchMcTreason Trends At #1 Nationwide

Politico reports:

The hashtag #MoscowMitchMcTreason began trending on Twitter Tuesday morning after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fired back against the nickname “Moscow Mitch” in a fiery speech from the Senate floor.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP lawmaker, dubbed McConnell “Moscow Mitch” after McConnell on Friday after blocked two election security measures. The hashtag #MoscowMitch quickly began trending on Twitter following Scarborough’s comments.

McConnell responded on Monday, decrying the attacks against him as “modern-day McCarthyism.” Social media users, however, doubled down on their tweets criticizing the senator. Both the hashtags #MoscowMitchMcTreason and #MoscowMitchUnAmericanTraitor began to trend across the United States.

At the writing the rest of the top ten trending items includes #MoscowMitchUnAmerican, #MoscowMitchIsCorrupt, and the misspelled #MoscowMich.

Also trending in the top five is #CreepyDershowitz after the resurfacing of a 1997 column opposing statutory rape laws.