After denouncing the Republican National Committee this week for their censure of two Republican House members participating in the Jan. 6 investigation, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to be pulling back from rampant partisanship.

It didn’t take long for him to embrace partisanship again. McConnell on Wednesday blocked the appointment of Andrew Luger as the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota.

Why? Because Montez Lee Jr., convicted of murder by arson in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder received a sentence ten years below the legal maximum.

Now, Luger had nothing to do with this case. He’s not the U.S. attorney who prosecuted the case, he’s not the judge who passed the sentence. But McConnell just wants everyone to know whoever the next Minnesota U.S. Attorney is understands they better not try that again.

He also, no doubt, wants to remind the Democrats in control of the Senate that their tenuous hold on the majority hasn’t sapped his power. He can still make things miserable for them if he wants to.

McConnell is a master of making things as difficult for Democrats, as he did with President Obama. He’s just issuing a reminder of what they can expect after the mid-term elections.