McConnell helped to stack the supreme court with the same right wing hardliners who torpedoed any attempt to prosecute Trump. McConnell helped install judges like Eileen Cannon. McConnell refused to impeach Trump. There are so many ways in which what is happening now is directly his fault.
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I think McConnell vastly underestimated to what extent those judges were going to be supporting Trump over the country. I distinctly recall that when McConnell voted against the second impeachment, he said something to the effect that it was up to the Courts to apply any punishment. Well, guess what? The Courts have said that it was up to Congress all along*! I thinking in the fleeting moments of clarity in between episodes, he really wants that vote back.
I thinking in the fleeting moments of clarity in between episodes, he really wants that vote back.
No he doesn't. It was classic McConnell hypocrisy. He will say one thing and do the opposite when it's for his team.
He'll vote for Trump's plans in Congress while pretending to be the reasonable politician to manipulate opinion.
I mean, based on those supreme court ruling, Biden would be able to just 'remove' the conservative justices and have trump and his co-conspirators tried for treason by the military as an official act due to national security concerns. The judges would have to take their case to the supreme court that they would no longer be sitting on. The most reasonable ruling would be that due to the previous precident that was just set, Biden would have immunity for that official act, and so he violated no law/precident at the time, but that moving forward presidents would not be immune from prosecution. The judges are still out of the SC, and Trump wouldn't be president. Declare martial law until a new election can be held and pack the court with recess appointments before the next election.
Given that Trump is a massive national security concern, and has previously requested that our advisaries interfere with our elections, as well as personally interfering with our elections, oh and he also paid for the travel and hotel rooms of the main organizers of the January 6th Insurrection, which would definitely be considered providing material support to people trying to overthrow the US government.
The people who were worried about violence if Trump lost don't seem to really understand the gravity of whats happening. There was always going to be violence
Pay it no mind, every now and then he says something sensible due to memory corruption, then the GOP remotely reboots him and he is back to his original programming again.
I would never wish dementia on anyone, but there are those that come very close to deserving.
People like him sometimes make me wish religion were true and there was a hell for fuckers like him.
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McConnell, you motherfucker, you could have stopped this. You could have had your caucus in the Senate vote to convict, and ended the nightmare. You don't get to complain about the "very dangerous world" you helped create.
He's probably saying this because he's seeing how there is a number of people that have shown they do not agree and will not be a part of people's lives who do. That coupled with the fact that Trump will probably become obviously stupid and Evil because he'll have no one to stop him. In other words, the danger he is talking about is that Trump will make it obvious to many people that they are getting fuckedd. Maybe that's just wishful thinking though
Funny, McConnell is one of the people most responsible for the state of the modern Republican party. Maybe even more than Trump himself.
Makes me think of Anton Drexler. Leader of the Nazi party. He used Hitler's popularity to further the party. Until they had a falling out and Hitler said it was Drexler or him. The party couldn't afford to lose the most popular member so Drexler was out and Hitler was put it charge.
Only almost a decade late. Well done turtle.
He got there in the end.
Too bad the race was over and everyone had gone home.
That's the only time conservatives show any spine or morals: after it doesn't matter any more...
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They are known to be kind of slow.
Too bad you never had the opportunity stop him, by say, voting on the articles of impeachment presented to the senate by the house.
Moscow Mitch is just as guilty of Treason as Trump and his associates, and people are getting sick of pussy footing around it. He fucked around, it hurt the entire country, and its past due for him to get the Aaron Burr treatment
OH WOW, MITCH! THAT'S VERY FUCKING HELPFUL, MITCH MCCONNELL!
Remember that time back in March when you endorsed Trump instead of disavowing everything he stands for and then he made fun of you for it during a November campaign rally? That's some really fucking winner shit, asshole.
Anyway, thanks for warning is about the impending disaster that you helped cause over decades of abusive politics.
Imagine being on death's doorstep and knowing your legacy will forever be helping to put a fascist on office.
He's likely to die before the monster he helped create is back in office. Spent his entire life fucking over the American people for what?
Rot in shit, asshole
MCCONNELL ENDORSED HIM.
What a piece of shit
If only there was something he could have done to stop it.
It's all your fault you fucking geriatric turtle!
I actually don't understand his take AT ALL. Spineless. Absolutely spineless. Then he has the audacity to wag his finger saying "I warned you". Was January 6th not enough? Where were you when he was impeached twice? You lead your caucus to acquit.
The stroke must have taken more than just a couple of neurons. His frontal lobe must look like Swiss cheese bro.
While he voted for Trump in November, McConnell expressed concerns over Trump’s influence and the party’s direction.
May the leopards eat face
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McConnell's just jealous Trump's going to do more long-term damage to the US than he did.
stfu you old turd. maybe if you didn't fucking help him so much the first time we wouldn't be here today.
Yep, this fucking coward could've gotten enough of the gop on board with impeachment after j6, and it would've solved the orange shitstain problem. He knew he was at the end of his career and plenty of his party hate Dump privately. Just from a pragmatic standpoint (bc it's not like the gop is any better than the gqp) it was the smart move, but he couldn't gird his loins for even a second in his long career as a POS.
of Fuck Mitch McConnell. This is his fault and he is a piece of shit who deserves misery far greater than the misery he's passed onto the world.
isn't this the same guy that fucked over obama, directly leading to trump getting 3 supreme court picks?
You exonerated a fascist because your goals were aligned. You don't get to cry about what other people did when you signaled that he was in the club.
The guy attacked the place where you work with violent intent and you just shrugged because you hoped the Dems would take out the trash for you.
Once again the Party of Personal Responsibility expects other people to wipe their ass and flush for them. Go fuck yourself, McConnell.
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Fuck you mitch. You helped get us to this point and now as you get ready to croak you start to get a spine? Just leave already
THANKS TO YOU,FUCKING HYPOCRITE!
No shit you dumb fuck, thanks for helping him and preventing the wheels of justice to work. Also thanks for handing the Supreme Court completely to the fascists. This dangerous world was birthed by your actions Mitch. Fuck you
Have another stroke asshole.
This, coming from a man who damn well knows he could have single-handedly put a stop to it by voting to convict Trump in either one of his impeachment trials. He still had more than enough power and influence in the GOP to get other senators to vote for a conviction. We are here because he chose not to do so. He decided, as he usually did, to put party over country. And now that the hunter has become the hunted, he has no idea what to do.
And he voted for this asshole.
This man knew the leopard was campaigning on eating his face. He voted for the leopard anyway, and is now shocked and surprised that the leopard is going to start eating his face. Fucking moron.
Fuck you mitch, you are responsible for so many things that enabled fat donnie and the other traitors to destroy the USA. Hope you're happy. May you burn in the hell you believe in.
None of this would have been possible without Moscow Mitch to begin with.
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Shut the fuck up bitch mitch, this dude acts like he didn't free the fucker from impeachment charges. Maybe you should've whipped your party to convict him, but you just had to be a spineless bootlicker.
Imagine putting party loyalty ahead of your own sense of right and wing. I mean, can you? Because I can't imagine it.
I can understand selling out for money. Enough significant digits on a check buys a certain amount of moral flexibility. But that dude has enough. For way less than that guy has, I'd retire someplace with warm beaches and spend my days engaged in utter debauchery.
Once a person has enough money to do that, I can't understand the need for anything more.
Imagine putting party loyalty ahead of your own sense of right and wing. I mean, can you? Because I can’t imagine it.
I wouldn't describe it as "party loyalty" but I've voted straight D for over 20 years.
2008 was the only time I felt like I was voting for "right", every other time has just been the least worst option.
2020 the candidate I voted for became president, I didn't feel like I won though. I thought moderate policy wasn't able to effectively fight fascism and Biden would move too slow to hold anyone accountable for 1/6.
I was right, but in 2024 we didn't get a primary and my only option was Kamala, and even though I had the same concerns I still had my nose. But not enough other people did. Even if they had, we still wouldn't have "won" just lost less.
If everyone put their own sense of right and wrong above loyalty to either party, we'd have a third party president. Because both parties are wildly corrupt and care more about rich donors than voters.
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Then why didn’t you convict his impeachment so he couldn’t run again numbnuts!
I voted for him, but I don't think it's a good idea... is that about right?
Oh shut the fuck up. I know exactly who you voted for, you piece of shit. You defended him and allowed him to pack the courts. You had EVERY opportunity to stop him but didnt you fucking spineless traitor.
Man who repeatedly stabbed a guy says repeatedly stabbing a guy is bad for that guy.
LOL and he didn't? Wild for him to see someone working the system the way he did and go "That's bad." Yeah no shit fuck face, then why'd you do the same fucking thing.
Fuck you Mitch.
Trump would be getting his prison sentence about now if turdleass hadn't blocked convicting the two impeachments.
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