Mitch McConnell has said he is open to opposing any 'unelectable' candidates in 2022, even if they are strongly backed by Donald Trump, as he wrestles with how to handle a deeply-divided party following Trump's impeachment hearing.
McConnell voted on Saturday to acquit the former president, but then publicly attacked him, accusing him of a 'disgraceful dereliction of duty' in his most critical remarks ever uttered.
His tightrope walk between defending and demonizing the former president impressed few.
McConnell's home newspaper, The Lexington Herald-Leader, accused him on Sunday of having 'contorted himself into a strange pretzel-shaped politician hated by everyone'.
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100% true. The Establishment Dems and GOP politicians in leadership are largely corrupt.
Thank you for your post - you absolutely correct in your assesment of Trump. Love the man and I will continue to support him in any endevor he starts.
The real reason politicians hate TRUMP is be cause he removed some of WE THE PEOPLE'S BURDENS.