Mitch McConnell’s Legacy Is Donald Trump

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Mitch McConnell’s Legacy Is Donald Trump

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Axios reports that Democrats are shuddering at Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) retirement more than celebrating it.

That’s because McConnell is supposedly the bulwark of a dying breed of old-guard Republicans being systematically replaced with right-wing hardliners.

It’s true that McConnell was a master of the legislative intricacies of the Senate, but let’s take a look at his real legacy:

● He undermined every effort at campaign finance reform and is singularly responsible for the flood of dark money in politics today.
● He quite literally stole a seat on the Supreme Court by refusing to even hold hearings on Merrick Garland.
● He threatened Barack Obama to keep Russian election interference secret in 2016.
● He wouldn’t admit that Joe Biden won the the 2020 election for weeks.
● He refused to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6 insurrection which allowed him to run again in 2024.

If you’re concerned about the authoritarian influence of the Trump wing of the Republican party, there’s no one more responsible for nurturing it and keeping it alive than Mitch McConnell.

There’s no reason for Democrats to get nostalgic about McConnell’s tenure as the Senate GOP leader. 

 

McConnell endorsing Trump after he identified Trump as responsible for the Jan 6th attack on Congress, is the ultimate hypocrisy and Party over Country treason.
 

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After Thoroughly F**king Over America, Mitch McConnell Decides to Treat Himself to a Break

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Cast your minds back to February 2021. A month prior, the president of the United States had incited a literal insurrection in an attempt to stay in power. Shortly thereafter, he was impeached, which was followed by a Senate trial. On the day the votes were cast, McConnell said the following: "There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. And having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole, which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth."

Those words would have been incredibly powerful if not for one thing: Moments before uttering them, McConnell voted to acquit Trump, because he is a shameless hack. As a reminder, had Trump been convicted by the Senate—which, yes, would’ve required more people than just McConnell to vote differently—the 45th president would have been barred from ever running from office again, and we wouldn’t currently be grappling with the very real chance of him winning reelection this fall.

But hey, you might be thinking, My memory is sharp and I’d like to recall more than one thing about the majority leader when he’s gone. In that case, might we recommend the current Supreme Court, which McConnell had an outsize hand in shaping: On Wednesday, it said that it will take up Trump’s claims of immunity at the end of April. Which is very good for the ex-president and very, very bad for the fate of democracy. 

And NOW the retiring McConnell for some odd reason is ENDORSING the man he identified "is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it."

It's like McConnell WANTS to give Trump another chance at destroying democracy. 🤮

For the SECOND TIME.