At least McConnell will not lead

[thyme4change]

He said something reasonable and now he is declared “out of step” with the party.


www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-senate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


McConnell to Step Down as Leader at the End of the Year
The long-serving Republican leader said he would step aside from the role at the end of his term but remain in the Senate, acknowledging that his views on national security had put him out of step with his party.

[happyhoix]

Didn’t want to have to suck up to Trump again, in case he wins.

Don’t blame him.

[Tennesseer]

McConnell and Trump, temperamental opposites, had tolerated a political marriage of convenience during most of the latter’s White House tenure. But McConnell’s decision to recognize Biden as the victorious president-elect in December 2020 infuriated Trump.

Then, the defeated president’s role in ginning up the mob that rioted on Jan. 6, 2021, provoked a final break.

“There’s no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it,” McConnell said the following month. “The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.”

The Memo: McConnell gets swept away by rising Trump side

[busymom]

If I promise not to miss him, do you suppose he'll just go away?     

[NastyWoman]

The damage (SC rigging) is done so forgive me for thinking too little, too late.

[thyme4change]

Feb 28, 2024 20:00:15 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Didn’t want to have to suck up to Trump again, in case he wins.

Don’t blame him.

He got a LOT of heat for supporting the immigration bill. But, yes, him not supporting it would be giving Trump what he wants.

[djAdvocate]

he should fight for that bill, now.
he could salvage his legacy a bit if he did.
or, he can go down in flames.
capitulating to the worst political agent in US history.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Is it wrong that I keep thinking that we've just jumped from the frying pan into the fire?

[seriousthistime]

Not wrong.  I'd say it's accurate.  

[thyme4change]

Feb 29, 2024 14:38:58 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Is it wrong that I keep thinking that we've just jumped from the frying pan into the fire?

I’m pretty sure we are going to end up missing McConnell- which makes me throw up in my own mouth.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Feb 29, 2024 16:12:55 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Feb 29, 2024 14:38:58 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Is it wrong that I keep thinking that we've just jumped from the frying pan into the fire?

I’m pretty sure we are going to end up missing McConnell- which makes me throw up in my own mouth.

Ditto.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Feb 28, 2024 20:00:15 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Didn’t want to have to suck up to Trump again, in case he wins.

Don’t blame him.

Trump served his purpose for McConnell.  He got him two Supreme Court justices which will pretty much for my lifetime alter the court and country's trajectory.  McConnell doesn't need to control the senate anymore.

Trump is too much of a loose cannon now.  Time for McConnell to walk off into the sunset and write his memoir about how he successfully helped destroy American democracy.

[Tennesseer]

GOP senators face Trump civil war with McConnell retiring

The race to replace Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is laying bare the power struggle between pro-Trump and anti-Trump Republicans in the Senate.

GOP lawmakers aligned closely with the former president are urging any candidate wanting to succeed McConnell to embrace Trump. Other Republican senators want McConnell’s successor to keep a healthy distance from the controversial former president.

McConnell fell out bitterly with former President Trump after the 2020 election and hasn’t spoken to him for more than three years, creating an awkward tension in the party that many GOP senators want to dispel.

But Republicans are divided over how aligned their next leader should be with Trump.

Some, such as Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) want to elect a new leader who will be a cheerleader for Trump, flying with the former president to rallies around the country.

“It’s an imperative,” he said. “We got to get somebody now who’s going to energize our base all across the country for Senate Republicans and also going to be able to get on that airplane with Trump and stand up at a rally and say, ‘Listen, we need President Trump to win,’ and be very truthful about it.”

Other Republicans, who point to what they view as Trump’s spotty record endorsing Republican candidates who can actually win Senate seats in November — not to mention Trump’s failure to win re-election in 2020 — want to keep a healthy distance from Trump.

Some of those same Republicans are privately alarmed that Trump last month torpedoed a package of Ukraine funding and border security reforms because he wanted to deny President Biden a political win.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said many Republican senators have endorsed Trump out of a sense of political “self-preservation.”

Rest of article here: GOP senators face Trump civil war with McConnell retiring

[thyme4change]

Today I heard that the vote for party leader in the Senate it is a secret ballot and they only need a majority of the party, not a majority of the whole senate. This group of pundits thought this might be good news as the more moderate side of the party can quietly rally and pick someone less crazy. They still have to lead - so it would still be problematic.

If Trump loses, will he lose power in the party or will he still hold them hostage until he dies and beyond?

[Tennesseer]

Mar 1, 2024 12:53:30 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Today I heard that the vote for party leader in the Senate it is a secret ballot and they only need a majority of the party, not a majority of the whole senate. This group of pundits thought this might be good news as the more moderate side of the party can quietly rally and pick someone less crazy. They still have to lead - so it would still be problematic.

If Trump loses, will he lose power in the party or will he still hold them hostage until he dies and beyond?

The latter.

[Tennesseer]

A The Onion slide show.

The Onion: Americans Guess Who Will Replace Mitch McConnell

[thyme4change]

Mar 1, 2024 13:11:18 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

A The Onion slide show.

The Onion: Americans Guess Who Will Replace Mitch McConnell

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