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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 267 points 8 months ago (2 children)

McConnell's entire legacy can be summed up in one cowardly act: After Donald Trump whipped up a mob to attack our Capitol, threatening to kill the Speaker of the House and the Vice President, in an attempt to overturn a presidential election, he condemned Trump.

“Former President Trump’s actions that preceded the riot were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty,” McConnell said. “Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.”

But McConnell voted to acquit him of insurrection, allowing him to run for president again.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 145 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That and denying a Supreme Court nominee a hearing. He's totally OK violating the Constitution.

"he (the President) shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for"

Although given how Garland turned out at DOJ, we may have dodged a bullet there.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Garland was a compromise pick by obama. He was the most centrist republican that obama could find to try and get him appointed. He just wasn't a federalist society whack job.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Right. He put up a candidate the Republicans couldn't possibly object to . . . and yet they did anyway. This is what you get for trying to play Republicans at their own game.

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[–] HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 62 points 8 months ago (3 children)

He also stacked the SCOTUS by contradictory practices, denying Obama a pick in the last year of his presidency but giving one to Trump. That has had grave consequences for recent rulings since Trump only nominated extreme conservatives.

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[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 147 points 8 months ago

One of the most damaging traitors in this country’s history. I wish him the worst.

[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 104 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Fuck this asshole. Few people have done as much damage as he has and the worst part is we’re only going to get someone worse.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

It can't get worse. He found the bottom and decided to go deeper. Nobody can replace his level of destruction of the United States. It will take a genuine master class asshole to come close.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think that you are correct here. He comes from an old school way of looking at the world, pre-Boomer, which was really a lot of "I get mine and it's ok if I take yours to get it". These people built out the country to exclude minorities and take away power from women. His replacement will certainly be much younger and have a completely different viewpoint on the world.

[–] Wetstew@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

God I hope so, but I have a feeling it's going to be another monster; just without the spectre of death looming over them like the rainbow after a storm.

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[–] b3an@lemmy.world 83 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I haven’t voiced this before, but after seeing him and his actions for the last 10-15 years… I’ve grown to literally hate him. That smug turtle faced prick. I hate him so much. He’s done so much damage to America. He stalled us on decades of progress. He’s a piece of shit that deserves his shitty health and to rot in hell.

I’m sorry if that’s harsh to say about another human being, but, he is one who truly does not care about anyone but himself and to ‘stick it’ to everyone else who isn’t on his side. He’s truly an evil man.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Few people deserve ire to this degree. He happens to be one of them.

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[–] PM_me_trebuchets@lemm.ee 70 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He must be on deaths door bc there ain’t now way otherwise he’d ever do this

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He says that the recent death of a close family member caused him to re-evaluate priorities, I can get on board with that.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 42 points 8 months ago (2 children)

His own health issues almost certainly played a factor there. He's 82 and clearly having some issues. I'm surprised he's even holding out until November.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

That press conference where his brain rebooted mid sentence was crazy.

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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 65 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Retiring as leader but still keeping his senate seat. Any day that man is still allowed in Congress is a bad day, no matter what chair he sits in.

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Believe it or not, McConnell's home state of Kentucky currently has a Democratic governor, so if McConnell vacated his seat, the governor would appoint a Democrat to fill it until a special election could be held. No way in hell a guy like Mitch would allow something like that to happen while he's still drawing breath.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure Kentucky passed a bill saying that the replacement must be of the same party.

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[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 60 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Goodbye you cowardly worthless skin sack full of excrement! May you stub the same toe on every corner.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (4 children)

No not the same toe. You'd get used to that. I want it to be a different toe every time. Also give him hang nails.

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 51 points 8 months ago

This guy was great in Pans Labyrinth!

[–] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 44 points 8 months ago (3 children)

fuck him. he should resign from the senate completely.

sincerely, lifetime kentucky resident

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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 41 points 8 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

I would devote a year of full time work to exercise and training if I knew I'd get one chance to punch him right in the face

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[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 38 points 8 months ago

Does he know he's stepping down? Has anybody told his nurse to give him the message?

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 34 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (10 children)

Good riddance. I'm sure his successor with be much worse, but I'll welcome this news for now.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 8 months ago

I wish his time left in this life is full of heartache and despair. Fuck You Mitch.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago

Don't let the door hit your ass on the w-- actually scratch that, I hope the door hits you so hard on the way out that you spend the remainder of miserable life managing broken ass related complications.

People like you make me wish hell was real.

Fucking traitor.

[–] pero@lemm.ee 26 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Isn't this the guy who literally froze during a press conference? He looked so lost, like he escaped from an elderly home just to hold the conference

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago
[–] DannyMac@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The GOP got tired of resetting him each time he froze up

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[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

A pinnacle of how flawed the American government is, 39 years in our government thus far. 2 senators per state with no term limits and I still hear people argue that the senate serves a good purpose.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Favorite quote from his speech:

"I turned 82 last week. The end of my contributions is closer than I would prefer."

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like!

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[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Fuck you for everything, Mitch.

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Don't let the door hit your shell on the way out.

[–] kingshrubb@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Whoever replaces him will be even more of a Trump enabler.

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[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

Thank you for your service in completely fucking up this country, Mitch.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

McConnell should be seen as a superhero for the republicans. He got more done for the party than pretty much any past republican senate leader. He fucking got them 2 supreme court justices by his fuckery. He played senate democrats like a fiddle and got SO MUCH compromise out of them while pretty much never returning the favor. For fucks sake, I think Biden STILL views McConnell as a friend.

Yet he went against god king trump so now they hate him. Republicans are dumb as shit.

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[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This guy looks like one of those weird little things in Ursula’s garden from The Little Mermaid. Who’d he sell his soul to?

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[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Adios Moscow Mitch!

[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Rot in hell.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (5 children)

So stepping down as party leader in Senate, but not from the Senate? Ugh...

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[–] Clent@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm sure this has nothing to do with his

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[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I very much look forward to reading his obituary.

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[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd be happy, except that I worry about who will come next...

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The problem with McConnell wasn't just that he was evil. It was that he was competently evil, and had his entire party in line.

There are a lot of MAGA idiots who are pure evil, but as Johnson is finding out, and McCarthy before him, it actually takes skills to accomplish sustained evil.

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