McConnell's speeches won't save his beloved legacy after he lets Trump off the hook

[TexasTowelie]

It was no surprise to see Kentucky’s two Senators vote to let their Dear Leader off the hook again. Sen. Rand Paul, who is turning more and more into an ongoing series of jokes on late night TV, is up for re-election in 2022 and has been a steady suck-up since November 2016, when he changed his original opinion on Trump as a “delusional narcissist and an orange-faced windbag.”

McConnell, however, has now contorted himself into a strange pretzel-shaped politician hated by absolutely everyone. For Democrats, his vote to acquit, shortly followed by a fiery speech denouncing Trump is more McConnellian hypocrisy, coming right after his next best in saying he couldn’t convict Trump after his presidency was over when he delayed the trial until his presidency was over. That’s a lot of contorting.

But he’s not fooling the Trumpists, who now call him a RINO. They see through his winks to Trump voters and his nods to corporate donors who now realize that Trump is bad for their brands. Votes that mean one thing and speeches that mean another don’t get you anywhere but stuck.

Everyone sees through him now. He may have helped create the modern Republican party, but when it most needed saving, he was nowhere to be found. He could have given political cover to his colleagues to stand up to Trump and the attack on Jan. 6, but as I wrote before, the monster he helped create was no longer in his control.

Read more: https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article249249260.html

[Walleye]

1. Funny. The election big lie was what put McConnell back in the minority

[onecaliberal]

2. He let his people tell the big lie. He refused to acknowledge Biden's election for far too long.

He refused to accept the article of impeachment while trump was in office and then said he could not vote to convict because trump was no longer in office. Mitch owns this. He was the “decider”. There is no more republican party, they are the Qrump party, a domestic terror organization. We need to proceed with that in mind.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. All moscow mitch cares about, is the money he's sponged off of various entities for far too long.

For being a regular politician, I'd like to know how in the world did moscow mitch make so much money while working in a federal government job? How? Perhaps the sin of corruption is rooted deeply in our republican senators.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. My question about the article:

How representative of Kentucky is the position stated in the writing. Is there any real support behind it from any people in Kentucky, or is the writer simply stating her own opinion, preaching to a congregation of none?

And I must say - it IS a SPOT-ON description of Moscow Mitch McTurtle!

[Bayard]

7. We hate him

I didn't think his approval rating here could get lower than 32%, but I'd like to see it now,

[MyOwnPeace]

9. So WHO keeps sending him back?

I had assumed that he was loved because of the government $$$$$ he directed to the state.

[Bayard]

10. He has a pack of rich donors

And too many people who don't vote at all, or vote a straight rethuglican ticket. I didn't see a single campaign sign here for him.

[Turbineguy]

5. The guy

who broke the Senate.

Quite a legacy.

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[Blue Owl]

8. It is rather satisfying, in the big picture...

to look at the state of the GOP as Mitch emerges into the era of his "legacy" -- only the most rancid Republicans will view his legacy in a positive light...