With McConnell’s endorsement of Trump, it gives the green light to other remaining skeptical Republicans — and the deep-pocketed donors who fuel campaigns — to fall in line despite any reservations they may have about a return to the Trump era.
After the Jan. 6 attack of the Capitol, McConnell issued a grave rebuke of Trump’s behavior, blaming the defeated president for spreading “wild” claims of a stolen election.
While McConnell refused to convict Trump in the Senate trial on House impeachment charges of inciting the insurrection at the Capitol, which could have left him ineligible to serve again as president, he warned that Trump was not immune from civil or criminal prosecution once he left the White House.
So McConnell could have stopped this whole shit show a while back, but didn’t because why???
Because their Russian boss would not have liked that.
I don’t believe McConnell is or has ever been a Russian asset. He’s evil all on his own and doesn’t need further incentive.
Didn’t some Russian Corp invest in a huge steel or metals facility in KY?
You mean the russian oligarch who gave kentucky millions for a new plant? Yes.
“Probably a coincidence.”
In Louisiana we call that lagniappe. Mitch gonna fuck about no matter what. Who pays him off is tertiary to him staying in power and getting paid.
A Russian asset is someone who’s beholden to the Kremlin. Mitch is only beholden to his own self-interests.
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That’s just people coming up with fun nicknames. Deep down, he’s always been the same guy…Evil Turtle.
Russian bribes.
Disagree. If you go by what his actions are and whether or not they serve the agenda of Putin, you eventually come to realize there’s virtually none that specifically go against him.
He waves the flag, and sings the standard russia Bad songs when he has to.
Moscow Mitch will always be known for choosing trump over informing the country of russia’s obvious and detailed interference in the 2016 election. On that alone, George Washington would have shot him.
Yep. I think his goals align with Russias’ sometimes. That’s it.
It’s not corruption if you take money for something you would have done anyway. But it’s a nice bonus.
Moscow mitch, putins bitch
He’s not just a Russian asset, the Chinese also have enormous amounts of leverage over him through his wife and late sister-in-law.
Tbh I think he was scared of the mob turning against him.
This is the correct answer. Republicans are scared shitless of their deranged constituents and get daily reminders that include death threats if they don’t tow the line.
Thanks for using “tow” correctly here.
PSA: “tow” like you’re a truck towing something.
Edit: well TIL
My prior belief was that “toeing the line” meant you are figuratively tiptoeing past a boundary line, testing permissible actions. Downvote me through the floor, guys, I earned it.
PSA: it’s actually supposed to be “toe the line”, aka stand with your toes on the line like a good drone. Earlier versions of the phrase included “toe the mark” or “toe the scratch”. They are adhering to the party line, not pulling it along behind them.
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/toe-the-line.html
Yeah, you got that completely backwards. There are a lot of different takes on the origin, but they generally all involve people on one side of something putting their toe right up to a line, so toeing the party line means to line up with the rest of the party.
Does Lemmy have its own r/confidentlyincorrect equivalent yet?
!confidently_incorrect@lemmy.world
I guess
Like so many idiomatic expressions, “toe the line” has nautical origins. It meant to put your toes on a plank or line drawn on the deck, usually for disciplinary purposes. In other words, “toe the line” means to show willing conformity with the requirements of an authority.
Also, there are many lines on a boat, but only a few ropes, and the tow rope is one of them. No well-drilled sailor would ever call a tow rope a “tow line”, unless he wanted to meet the captain’s daughter!
He who rides the tiger can never dismount.
Mitch is really skilled at riding the tiger, and that was the moment where it almost threw him off and he knew it.
Mitch McConnell has a long history of changing his opinions to suit whatever he thinks will get him more votes. He won his first election in 1977 against a Democrat incumbent by making promises to abortion rights groups and labor unions that he would support them. Then he turned around and voted against their interests when he decided he could drum up more support from the conservative voters in his district. Why do you think he has always been in favor of allowing the wealthy to donate as much as they want to campaigns? Because then he wouldn’t need to bother making promises to lots of people to raise money. He could just go to a few people and he’d be set. No need to bother with actually representing the voters.
Remembering that one time McConnell filibustered himself because he knew he wouldn’t be able to pull off a power play against Obama.
Not just filibustered himself… he later blamed Obama for not saying more loudly why it was a dumb idea.
AKA: the worst kind of populist.
Also the most common kind of populist.
He’d rather wriggle a bit further up Trump’s ass. I mean, he had a brush with conscience a while back, but it’s warm and cozy up there and consequences are scary.
TIL that along with being the world’s most dastardly turtle, Moscow Mitch is an anal worm
Specifically, he is the Donald’s anal worm, feeding on half digested Big Mac’s and hemorrhoids🍔🩸🪱
(oh, and lies)
®easons.
Did you forget about the SCOTUS bullshit?
SCROTUS
The R is for regressive. It does too fit there.
Without Trump they have absolutely no chances electorally. Republicans used to be the party of fiscal responsibility and they allowed themselves to get taken over by a hostile foreign power through the magic of debt and leverage. Hard core Trump supporters intend for the whole country to get taken down with them.
Tax cuts for the rich and corporations, that’s why.