This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, June 10th. I'm Virginia Allen.

And I'm Rachel Del Judas.

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Now, on to our top news. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is calling out the double standard of

liberal Democratic leaders who have praised and even participated in protest after George Floyd's death,

but continue to limit religious gatherings and criticized COVID-19 protests just a month ago.

On the Senate floor Tuesday, McConnell spoke directly to the hypocrisy he sees

from some leaders on the left. A month ago, small protest demonstrations were widely condemned as reckless and selfish.

Now massive rallies that fill entire cities are not just praised, but in fact are called

especially brave because of the exact same health risks that brought condemnation when the cause was different.

People just spent the spring watching their small businesses dissolve or cancelling

weddings or missing religious observances for the longest spells in their lives or

missing the last days of a loved one's life and then missing the funeral, never were the American people told about any exemption for

things they felt strongly about.

I have no criticism for the millions of Americans who peacefully demonstrated in recent days.

Their cause is beyond righteous.

It is the inconsistency from leaders that has been baffling. The same governor of Michigan who argued that letting people

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