I'm so thankful we have such healthy, focused, and competent leaders deciding the fate of millions in this country π π€‘
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You call it silence, I call it Mitch speaking his ethics.
This is likely going to be unpopular, but McConnell, for all his faults, is one of the last remaining bulwarks of somewhat sane GOP machinery. I don't like the guy, but he's immeasurably better than having a MAGA fuckstick running the Senate caucus.
All that said, when your politician needs to be rebooted in the middle of public appearances, it's time to trade it in for a newer model.
The first part of your comment may be true, but it's leaving out an important caveat: he's very much directly responsible for the current state of his party, and the rabid base he helped create.
I think that's some important context.
I'm scarcely excusing his actions on a number of fronts, especially the SCOTUS clusterfuck he engineered. But his support for riling the base up was of the Tea Party, not MAGA, flavour.
But his support for riling the base up was of the Tea Party, not MAGA, flavour.
That seems like a distinction without a difference.
I think the point they're trying to make is 'McConnell might be horrendous shit, but at least he's not horrendous diarrhea'.
He's literally the leader of the legislative branch of the Republican party. It would be absurd to act like he bears no responsibility for the direction of his party.
He doesn't deserve less culpability just because he underestimated how much evil he'd do
Underrated comment. Arsonists don't get clemency for the things they didn't intend to burn.
Heβs not better because heβs not MAGA. Heβs a hateful, waste of a human life and I hope he dies with all the pain heβs caused others
The MAGA collective are too busy calling each other pedos to be effective. Kevin Mccarthy found this out the hard way trying to get his votes. That was the only silver lining of Trump, he was too incompetent to actually accomplish his goals. How much of that wall got built?
Mitch however is the reason the supreme court was able to repeal Roe. Not that I would relish someon like MTG getting more power, but it's in our best interest for the self enrichment fools to line their pockets instead of an idealog getting things done.
Can you please ELI5 what GOP and MAGA mean?
GOP stands for "Grand Old Party", which is a nickname for the Republican Party in the United States.
MAGA is an acronym which stands for "Make America Great Again", and was used by Trump during his run for the presidency. It has since been used to indicate those that follow Trump and his policies.
MAGA has traditionally stood for "Make America Great Again," but I suspect after this year it might change to either:
Make Attorneys Get Attorneys
or
My Ass Got Arrested
GOP = Republican Party
MAGA = Trumpists traitor branch of the party
To be clear, the GOP is also heavily composed of traitors.
Sure, but the GOP is merely a traitor to the American people. MAGA tops that by being traitor even to the GOP.
But not in an "enemy of my enemy is my friend" sort of way. Not in the slightest.
Grand old party (Republicans)
Make America great again (Trump fans)
Pack it in, he's done.
Probably my greatest fear is my mind going and shutting down like that. I wish him the best and hope he gets the support needed.
Considering this dude is the reason many will not be able to face a heath crisis with dignity, I hope this process is as undignified for him as possible. Fuck this guy. I hope he trips over his own bootstraps.
yep, this guy has never not been evil to the core. reading his bio makes me want to go watch mr rogers to restore my faith in humanity.
The only support this pussbag deserves is a set of pallbearers.
I've seen this before. His Hard Drive is dying, need to swap it out for a SSD. That should give him another 2-3 years!
I would love to hear an educated medical opinion on what could be happening. I suspected the first one was a stroke but since it happened twice I have no idea what could be going on.
A person is not limited to having just one stroke.
I wonder if there are blood clots from the concussion breaking loose. That would explain the similar symptoms across two strokes, though it depends on where the concussion was.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again Wednesday, this time during a gaggle with reporters in Covington, Kentucky, stopping for more than 30 seconds after he was asked if he would run for re-election.
The Kentucky Republican froze in July at a news conference on Capitol Hill, going silent for 19 seconds before being escorted away from the cameras.
McConnell, 81, returned shortly afterward and continued his news conference, telling reporters, βIβm fine.β
Once McConnell re-engaged, he responded briefly to another question about Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican; his aide needed to repeat the question to him.
McConnell was then asked about former President Donald Trump, another question that had to be repeated.
McConnell spoke for about 20 minutes on Wednesday before the question-and-answer session with reporters.
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