Mitch McConnell probably wishes the occupier of the Oval Office would just shut up. But here we go again.

x Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why arenÃ¢ÂÂt they the subject of the investigation? Why didnÃ¢ÂÂt Obama do something about the meddling? Why arenÃ¢ÂÂt Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Sessions! Ã¢ÂÂ Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2018

Every time Trump goes off on Twitter about Russia—the total "hoax" that nonetheless happened and is all President Obama's fault—he's reminding us that Obama did in fact try to do something and that McConnell blocked him from doing that something—making a public statement that would be a "show of solidarity and bipartisan unity" in publicly condemning Russia for interference.

As The Washington Post reported it, McConnell refused to do it and said "he would consider any effort by the White House to challenge the Russians publicly an act of partisan politics."

We know McConnell knew the severity of the problem because Harry Reid—the Democratic leader who was getting all the same intelligence briefings as McConnell about the Russian election hacking—was trying to get then-FBI Director James Comey to inform the public that Russia intended to "falsify election results." He wrote Comey both in August of 2016 and again in October of 2016.

So, that, Mr. Trump.

Sign the petition to the Special Counsel: Subpoena Republican leadership.