Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell “got a load off his chest” with his speech closing out Friday’s second failed impeachment attempt against former President Donald Trump. “Unfortunately,” however, “he [also] put a load on the back of Republicans. That speech you will see in 2022 campaigns.”
Who’s responsible for that quote? It might surprise some it wasn’t Donald Trump Jr. or Rep. Matt Gaetz — it was Sen. Lindsey Graham, a moderate, hawkish Republican not up for re-election for six whole years.
“I would imagine if you’re a Republican running in Arizona or Georgia or New Hampshire, where we have a chance to take back the Senate, they may be playing Sen. McConnell’s speech and asking about it as a candidate,” Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.” “And I imagine if you’re an incumbent Republican people will be asking if you’ll support Mitch McConnell in the future.”
McConnell isn’t a man used to public rebukes from the corporate wing of his party, but after the past month’s antics they are rightly deserved. Friday’s floor speech was no quick tantrum: It was the last stupid moments of the minority leader’s plan to purge the GOP of Donald Trump — a plan that began to unravel nearly immediately after its poorly conceived Jan. 12 rollout in the pages of The New York Times.
So what’s all behind this? After four years of yelling “MAGA!” while pushing his own classic, corporate Republican policies, McConnell had hoped to rid himself and his conference of the conservative populist nationalism the former president had championed and go back to the way things were. He wants a return to promising to tackle illegal immigration before winking at corporate America that nothing will change. He wants to raise money on fighting the abortion of our infants while comfortably lifting nary a finger. He wants to shrug and change the subject when asked about men dominating women’s sports and using women’s bathrooms. He wants fewer taxes and more wars. Hell, he wants someone to blame for the Republican losses in the Georgia special election, and with them the loss of his seat at the head of the Senate.
Instead, his push to impeach ended with rebuke from his own conference. Angry and embarrassed, he blamed his own colleagues as well as the former president, performing a 20-minute attack ad for the left to use on Republicans for the next election cycle and beyond.
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McConnell is a sell out.
The Republican party need to realize there not in charge GOD IS
Time to hang it up Mitch
He needs to be replaced
The RNC needs to censure him and he should definitely lose his job as Senate Minority Leader. With leaders like him we don't stand a chance. This is what happened in my great state of Louisiana - "The Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Louisiana has unanimously voted to censure Senator Bill Cassidy for his vote cast earlier today to convict former President Donald J. Trump on the impeachment charge," I see that Utah is considering this with Mitt Romney RINO POS that he has always been. I hope Utah acts on this now. Same for the other 5 in their home states.
He's old maybe he'll pass on in office
I will.never forget.
Where one vote goes we all go. We were, every single one if us, betrayed by the repubs. I will not vote R again.
And what are you going to do, vote Democrat? Or just give up voting? We all know we got screwed big time by some of the Republicans, but you don't throw the baby out with the bath water. We need to concentrate to get rid of the RINOs and fix the election system. No more machines, everything in person except for the military overseas. Make sure to keep tabs on who does what so you know who to target!!!!
hey all how disgraceful mc connel is. He used trump to get re elected and than like fool does this. How dispectul, disgushing and horrible. He is just like ryan. I would not surpise that mc connell made some kind of deal with schumer and part of that deal was to give a speech against trump after he won his trail. I have news for the repulicans, and rhion's that there time is coming. The american are pissed off and changes are coming. Can not wiat until trump runs again in 2024 and hope i live that log to see it.
This is why we need Term Limits! They stay and think they own the seat! We must have stricter voting rules and go back to paper ballots. The machines are not trust worthy!
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