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Wed Dec 11, 2024, 08:36 PM Dec 2024

Mitch McConnell Says Trump Win Puts Americans In A 'Very Dangerous World [View all]

Source: huffpost

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reportedly said that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory puts Americans in “a very, very dangerous world,” stressing that he plans to spend his final two years in the Senate pushing back against the growing Trump-fueled isolationism within the GOP.

The 82-year-old Kentucky Republican, who last month stepped down from his role as the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, has a complicated record with the incoming president. While McConnell has worked to significantly move the country to the right — much of it under the first Trump administration — he is no fan of Trump and his isolationist worldview that’s spreading throughout the Republican Party.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-trump-americans-dangerous-world_n_675a09cae4b02802b83c4117



**Want A Better Economy? History Says Vote Democrat**

1. Personal disposable income has grown nearly 6 times more under Democratic presidents

2. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown 7 times more under Democratic presidents

3. Corporate profits have grown over 16% more per year under Democratic presidents (they actually declined under Republicans by an average of 4.53%/year)
Average annual compound return on the stock market has been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents (If you invested $100k for 40 years of Republican administrations you had $126k at the end, if if you invested $100k for 40 years of Democrat administrations you had $3.9M at the end)

4. Republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the national debt than Democratic presidents

5. The two times the economy steered into the ditch (Great Depression and Great Recession) were during Republican, laissez faire administrations

**Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy?**
G.D.P., jobs and other indicators have all risen faster under Democrats for nearly the past century. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/sunday/democrats-economy.html

**U.S. Jobs, Income, GDP Growth 'Startlingly' Higher Under Democratic Presidents** https://www.newsweek.com/us-jobs-income-gdp-growth-startlingly-higher-under-democratic-presidents-analysis-1566313

**Over the last 6 decades--60 years or so, history has tended to favor Democratic presidents in terms of economic performance** https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/10/28/which-presidents-have-been-best-for-the-economy

**During the final 3 years of Barack Obama's presidency 2014. 2015 . 2016 , the number of jobs added was 1.5 million greater than the number added during Trump's first 3 years in office 2017 2018 2019** https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-created-more-jobs-trump

**Trump inherited a booming economy — and handed Biden a nation 'in shambles'** https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-inherited-booming-economy-handed-biden-nation-shambles-n1255033

**Trump to leave office with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover** https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-leave-office-worst-jobs-030044152.html

Trump will be first president since WWII to lose jobs during tenure. The U.S. lost 140,000 jobs in December 2020 in the final jobs report of Trump’s presidency. This means the nation has about 3 million fewer jobs than it did 4 years ago UNDER THE BLACK GUY --OBAMA, meaning Trump will be the first president to lose jobs over his term since employment data was collected in this way. NBC News Now correspondent Simone Boyce explains how it all unfolded.

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-will-be-first-president-since-wwii-to-lose-jobs-during-tenure-
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The Trump tax cuts will pay for themselves he said

Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in the pandemic, and he oversaw the third-biggest deficit increase of any president. https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump
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Republican tax cuts are the driving force behind the country’s worsening fiscal outlook.
If not for the Bush tax cuts and their extensions — as well as the Trump tax cuts — revenues would be on track to keep pace with spending indefinitely, Instead, these tax cuts have added $10 trillion to the debt since their enactment and are responsible for 57 percent of the increase in the debt ratio since 2001

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gop-tax-cuts-driving-us-160437971.html

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Stated on July 23, 2019 in a tweet: "Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion." https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/tweets/republican-presidents-democrats-contribute-deficit/
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You could have impeached him, but too late now surfered Dec 2024 #1
Not sure where he gets the balls to make that statement? Hope22 Dec 2024 #4
Mitch can't conceive of the queue there will be at his headstone stollen Dec 2024 #46
"Holy" water, surely it must be. LMAO raccoon Dec 2024 #55
Minor point, but it's convicted. maxsolomon Dec 2024 #68
Gee Mitch, if only there was some way Arger68 Dec 2024 #2
Fuck McConnell Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #3
Yep, F McConnell. I hope he lives a long miserable life. Not that I'm vindictive or anything. chicoescuela Dec 2024 #29
Impeaching Trump? That ship sailed away long ago, "Mr. Senior Senator Republican Man!" C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #5
R's don't have the brains to run an impeachment trial. n/t Hope22 Dec 2024 #8
Unless it's impeachment of a Democrat like Clinton DeeDeeNY Dec 2024 #57
The quality of representation the R's have been sending to DC is sub par. Hope22 Dec 2024 #66
Too late to save your soul, Mitch. Take it up with the Grim Reaper. Hekate Dec 2024 #6
Said man $issing on a fire he lit with gasoline and a fart!! Hope22 Dec 2024 #7
Well Moscow Mitch hou missed two opportunities to kick his ass out on the first and second impeachments. magicarpet Dec 2024 #9
STFU, McConnell. You had your chance to impeach/convict him twice so he.... brush Dec 2024 #10
Want A Better Economy? History Says Vote Democrat* elleng Dec 2024 #11
Fuck this old bastard. HE fucking gave trump that power. Autumn Dec 2024 #12
It is all too bizarre Cirsium Dec 2024 #25
What a POS. 33taw Dec 2024 #13
WTF? He suddenly woke up? dhol82 Dec 2024 #14
Yeah, and you helped Trump win, Mitch Progressive dog Dec 2024 #15
Mitch nothing will save your soul, which is damned for all eternity. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #16
Too little, too late Dr. Frankenstein! no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #17
This is gonna come across as really harsh but... JMCKUSICK Dec 2024 #18
He still holds power. Not defending him, but I'll gladly take anyone's help that will push back against tsf PortTack Dec 2024 #19
He won't push back. He's all talk and no action regarding Trump. wnylib Dec 2024 #38
No fucking shit, mitch... 2naSalit Dec 2024 #20
Fuck you Mitch you were given proof of Trump's Botany Dec 2024 #21
Oh really? Cirsium Dec 2024 #22
Ya think? Susan Calvin Dec 2024 #23
Trump says tax cuts boonecreek Dec 2024 #24
Mitch enabled the Mango Malefactor every step of the way. Consider tRump to be your lasting legacy. CentralMass Dec 2024 #26
Dear Mitch, FOADIAF. Dave Bowman Dec 2024 #27
I love all the economic links. Bookmarking. I will refer to this again and again. N/t CousinIT Dec 2024 #28
I think the name "McConnell" should become America's "Quisling." thucythucy Dec 2024 #30
That must have been one hell of a fall yesterday. NotHardly Dec 2024 #31
Jesus H! Talk about a day late and a dollar short. 3catwoman3 Dec 2024 #32
Prescient Mrsfiddlegirl Dec 2024 #33
Hugs to you and your late mama EuterpeThelo Dec 2024 #36
If you really believe that, Turtle Boy, then... LudwigPastorius Dec 2024 #34
But but but - wasn't it a concern this last election the economy under a Democratic Administration? NoMoreRepugs Dec 2024 #35
If only there was something he could've done about this to save Americans from these mahina Dec 2024 #37
Fuck Mitch McConnell! djacq Dec 2024 #39
FUCK. THAT. GUY. dchill Dec 2024 #40
Little late there, Bitch...er, Mitch COL Mustard Dec 2024 #41
Memo to Mitch: AverageOldGuy Dec 2024 #42
McConnell Rebl2 Dec 2024 #43
The turtle son-of-a-bitch endorsed the orange son-of-a-bitch... Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #44
I'll put this as politely as I can... kevinore Dec 2024 #45
Wow. If only there was something McTurtle could have done once or twice to remove Trump from public office . . . Journeyman Dec 2024 #47
That 's rich Figarosmom Dec 2024 #48
Go fuck yourself you Putin bitch I say to Mitch. cstanleytech Dec 2024 #49
Mitch. Crawl back under your rock. Old Crank Dec 2024 #50
' he plans to spend his final two years in the Senate pushing back against elleng Dec 2024 #51
Mitch is the composer, conductor, prompter and prima donna of this nazi opera. usonian Dec 2024 #52
I hate Illinois nazis Ray Bruns Dec 2024 #59
Fucking asshole. You put him there Mitch. This is on you. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #53
The one thing that comes to my mind after reading this. Dem2theMax Dec 2024 #54
I regret that I have only one rec to give to this wonderful post. raccoon Dec 2024 #56
You could have stopped him Moscow Mitch Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2024 #58
Moscow Mitch oozes hypocracy from every pore mdbl Dec 2024 #60
too late turtle. you got us here. go peddle your afterthoughts somewhere else. Javaman Dec 2024 #61
So says the a****** who protected him Fullduplexxx Dec 2024 #62
Amazing what happens to republicans when the shackles come off. JohnnyRingo Dec 2024 #63
Correct...years later after leaving the Senate Bob Dole thought Bengus81 Dec 2024 #64
Mitch McConnell Linda ladeewolf Dec 2024 #65
"Trump Win Puts Americans In A 'Very Dangerous World." So says the man who paved the way for Trump in the first place. Martin68 Dec 2024 #67
Too late, Mitchell. EllieBC Dec 2024 #69
This message was self-deleted by its author Dem4life1234 Dec 2024 #70
You asked for him tavernier Dec 2024 #71
Why Mitch McConnell's latest clashes with Trump matter LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2024 #72
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