I am at a complete loss for words

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-to-support-trump-if-party-picks-him-as-its-2024-nominee/ar-BB1e1G6Z

[kadee79]

It's called playing both ends against the middle.  And McConnell knows he can get DT to do some of what he wants if he gets elected again...just like the last time...stacking the judges all over the country.

[oped]

He wants Dems to hold Trump accountable so he pays no political price.

[busymom]

What a complete failure of his oath of office.  So, what'll we do the NEXT time a group of crazies storm the Capital?  The only positive thought I have in this situation is, both of them are old men...  

[grumpyhermit]

Sorry, what part of this is shocking?

This is completely in line with what I would expect from the feckless, power hungry, amoral hacks that comprise the GOP. 

The sooner people realize the GOP has no bottom, and they will always sink lower to maintain their grip on power, the better off we will all be. This is why Biden and the Democrats trying to work across the aisle and find compromises with them drives me up a wall. These are not people that can be trusted. 

[deminmaine]

Feb 25, 2021 20:19:20 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

It's called playing both ends against the middle.  And McConnell knows he can get DT to do some of what he wants if he gets elected again...just like the last time...stacking the judges all over the country.

You said it- judges.  That has been the one driving force to Mitch M that I can identify, for his entire tenure.  Other than stacking conservative judges he seems to have no aims goals or policy preferences.  Even gaining GOP majorities is sought by him with the end goal in mind- more conservative federal judges.

[tbop77]

The party of law and order!  

[Bob Ross]

I think Moscow Mitch is banking on Trump not running in 2024, what with his legal troubles, terrible health, and drug additions.

[mollyanna58]

He said he will vote for Trump if Trump is the Republican nominee.  I would expect McConnell to vote for whatever Republican secures the nomination.

[thyme4change]

Feb 25, 2021 20:46:25 GMT -5 busymom said:

What a complete failure of his oath of office.  So, what'll we do the NEXT time a group of crazies storm the Capital?  The only positive thought I have in this situation is, both of them are old men...  

I say we just let them kill any Congressmen they get their hands on.

As oped said once - the only way out of this is through the bottom. I just had no idea how low the bottom was.

[billisonboard]

Feb 26, 2021 10:52:05 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Feb 25, 2021 20:46:25 GMT -5 busymom said:

What a complete failure of his oath of office.  So, what'll we do the NEXT time a group of crazies storm the Capital?  The only positive thought I have in this situation is, both of them are old men...  

I say we just let them kill any Congressmen they get their hands on.

As oped said once - the only way out of this is through the bottom. I just had no idea how low the bottom was.

It would have been interesting if they had gotten their hands on Pence. Would they have put a rope around his neck or just bluster? How would he have reacted? Would he have gone all Nathan Hale on them? Give into their demand he declare Trump President (knowing it wouldn't hold up)?

[Bob Ross]

Feb 26, 2021 10:49:34 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

He said he will vote for Trump if Trump is the Republican nominee.  I would expect McConnell to vote for whatever Republican secures the nomination.

^ This.  Mitch is a scumbag, but some context is necessary before wild outrage.  Based on the entirety of what he said, and the speech he gave after the impeachment vote, it's pretty apparent that he is hoping Trump won't run in '24, won't win the nomination in '24, or is banking on Trump having been taken down legally and/or criminally by '24.  I think that last one is his preferred outcome.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he would support Donald Trump in 2024 if he became the Republican presidential nominee, less than two weeks after condemning the former president for the Capitol insurrection.

“The nominee of the party? Absolutely,” McConnell told Fox News’ Bret Baier on Thursday when asked whether he would back Trump if he got the nomination.

The remark comes amid a dramatic, public row between the former president and McConnell in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots — an event for which McConnell blamed Trump in scathing statements on the Senate floor. Trump in turn blasted McConnell last week as an “unsmiling political hack” who is weakening the Republican Party.

During his interview with Baier, McConnell stopped short of offering his immediate support for Trump in what is likely to be a crowded Republican 2024 field. McConnell stressed that numerous other Republicans had also hinted their intentions of a 2024 presidential run.

“There’s a lot to happen between now and ’24,” McConnell said. “I’ve got at least four members that I think are planning on running for president, plus some governors and others. There’s no incumbent. It should be a wide-open race and fun for you all to cover.”

www.politico.com/news/2021/02/25/mcconnell-would-support-trump-2024-471672

Note that Mitch is also supporting Merrick Garland’s nomination for AG, and Garland has made it pretty clear he's going to be going after Trump.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will support Merrick Garland’s nomination for attorney general, five years after blocking the judge's path to the Supreme Court.

“I do,” McConnell told POLITICO Tuesday afternoon when asked if he plans to back Garland. The Kentucky Republican did not elaborate on his decision.

www.politico.com/news/2021/02/23/mcconnell-merrick-garland-attorney-general-471177

[Icelandic Woman]

Feb 26, 2021 10:49:34 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

He said he will vote for Trump if Trump is the Republican nominee.  I would expect McConnell to vote for whatever Republican secures the nomination.

Exactly this! The media was all up in arms yesterday after this interview because they were reading something into it that wasn't there. He said the "nominee of the party" not Trump.
He would support a rock if it were the nominee of the party. That doesn't change how he feels about Trump. For McConnell it is all about the POP (Power Over People) party and his own agenda.

[tbop77]

Also during Hannity's Thursday night program, Trump Jr. mocked Republican politicians who "lose gracefully" and said his father showed "you don't have to do that, you can actually push back." And he insisted that his father remains the most powerful figure in the GOP.



www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mark-meadows-says-all-the-top-2024-gop-candidates-have-trump-as-their-last-name/ar-BB1e3ot1?ocid=msedgntp

Yeah, he showed them what a sore loser does....send your base in to attack the Capitol building and try to hang your VP.  Oh, and get by with it.  I wonder how many times Trump will mention during his speech at CPAC that he is the law and order President.  

[djAdvocate]

shows what you can do?

was he watching the same video as the rest of us?

[tbop77]

Feb 26, 2021 15:37:28 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

shows what you can do?

was he watching the same video as the rest of us?

They all seem to live in a world of alternative facts!  

[Opti]

Feb 26, 2021 8:46:30 GMT -5 Bob Ross said:

I think Moscow Mitch is banking on Trump not running in 2024, what with his legal troubles, terrible health, and drug additions.

I agree, but I think he's a wishful idiot to do so. Trump will want to run, and if not him, one of the crazy Trump clan. Trying to outlast Trump is both lazy and stupid. 

[tbop77]

"Apparently hypocrisy has become a tenant of the Republican Party," said House Rules Chairman Jim McGovern, a Democrat of Massachusetts. "Let me get this straight: these Members can't vote in person because of the pandemic, but they manage to attend CPAC? They were even maskless at this super spreader event. It's outrageous!"


www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/more-than-a-dozen-republicans-tell-house-they-can-t-attend-votes-due-to-public-health-emergency-they-re-slated-to-be-at-cpac/ar-BB1e3utN?ocid=msedgntp

Yeah, I am at a complete loss for words! 

[NancysSummerSip]

Feb 26, 2021 19:38:47 GMT -5 tbop77 said:

"Apparently hypocrisy has become a tenant of the Republican Party," said House Rules Chairman Jim McGovern, a Democrat of Massachusetts. "Let me get this straight: these Members can't vote in person because of the pandemic, but they manage to attend CPAC? They were even maskless at this super spreader event. It's outrageous!"


www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/more-than-a-dozen-republicans-tell-house-they-can-t-attend-votes-due-to-public-health-emergency-they-re-slated-to-be-at-cpac/ar-BB1e3utN?ocid=msedgntp

Yeah, I am at a complete loss for words!

And booed loudly when requested to wear masks and maintain social distancing. Our governor ate it up. Because all the other states that followed the rules were losers and so envious of Florida's success battling COVID. Please. Massive unemployment due to travel restrictions, the inability of many seniors to get a vaccine via website registration, the inexcusable refusal to vaccinate front-line workers, the insistence on schools reopening with no protections in place for teachers -- yeah, he's loving this. DeSantis rules by confusion, temper tantrum and doling out favors to counties that like him and sing his praises. God help us all if he thinks he has a national political future. I hope if he's stupid enough to run for governor again next year, he loses and gets absolutely buried by the landslide.

[Tennesseer]

Feb 26, 2021 15:37:28 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

shows what you can do?

was he watching the same video as the rest of us?

DJ-I know this subject irks you (and I believe billisonboard too) to no end.

What’s in an Adjective? ‘Democratic Party’ Label on the Rise

The intentional misuse of “Democrat” as an adjective has caught on with Republicans and far-right elements that were energized by the Trump presidency.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two days before the assault on the U.S. Capitol, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a Republican, said supporters of then-President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud were basically in a “death match with the Democratic Party.”

A day later, right-wing activist Alan Hostetter, a staunch Trump supporter known for railing against California’s virus-inspired stay-at-home orders, urged rallygoers in Washington to “put the fear of God in the cowards, the traitors, the RINOs, the communists of the Democratic Party.”

The shared grammatical construction — incorrect use of the noun “Democrat” as an adjective — was far from the most shocking thing about the two men’s statements. But it identified them as members of the same tribe, conservatives seeking to define the opposition through demeaning language.

Complete article here: link

[billisonboard]

Feb 27, 2021 11:52:57 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Feb 26, 2021 15:37:28 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

shows what you can do?

was he watching the same video as the rest of us?

DJ-I know this subject irks you (and I believe billisonboard too) to no end.

What’s in an Adjective? ‘Democratic Party’ Label on the Rise

The intentional misuse of “Democrat” as an adjective has caught on with Republicans and far-right elements that were energized by the Trump presidency.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two days before the assault on the U.S. Capitol, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a Republican, said supporters of then-President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud were basically in a “death match with the Democratic Party.”

A day later, right-wing activist Alan Hostetter, a staunch Trump supporter known for railing against California’s virus-inspired stay-at-home orders, urged rallygoers in Washington to “put the fear of God in the cowards, the traitors, the RINOs, the communists of the Democratic Party.”

The shared grammatical construction — incorrect use of the noun “Democrat” as an adjective — was far from the most shocking thing about the two men’s statements. But it identified them as members of the same tribe, conservatives seeking to define the opposition through demeaning language.

Complete article here: link

It appears that the post autocorrected the language in the quoted material.

[Tennesseer]

Thanks, billisonboard. 

I am going to use the Strike Through function and strike through the 'IC' in Democratic in my original post.

CC:  moon/Laura

ETA: When the offending word was in-between quotation marks autocorrect did not change the word.

[djAdvocate]

Feb 27, 2021 11:52:57 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Feb 26, 2021 15:37:28 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

shows what you can do?

was he watching the same video as the rest of us?

DJ-I know this subject irks you (and I believe billisonboard too) to no end.

What’s in an Adjective? ‘Democratic Party’ Label on the Rise

The intentional misuse of “Democrat” as an adjective has caught on with Republicans and far-right elements that were energized by the Trump presidency.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two days before the assault on the U.S. Capitol, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a Republican, said supporters of then-President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud were basically in a “death match with the Democratic Party.”

A day later, right-wing activist Alan Hostetter, a staunch Trump supporter known for railing against California’s virus-inspired stay-at-home orders, urged rallygoers in Washington to “put the fear of God in the cowards, the traitors, the RINOs, the communists of the Democratic Party.”

The shared grammatical construction — incorrect use of the noun “Democrat” as an adjective — was far from the most shocking thing about the two men’s statements. But it identified them as members of the same tribe, conservatives seeking to define the opposition through demeaning language.

Complete article here: link

it has reached the point where I am actually surprised when a Republican gets it right.

[jelloshots4all]

Feb 26, 2021 13:27:07 GMT -5 Icelandic Woman said:

Feb 26, 2021 10:49:34 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

He said he will vote for Trump if Trump is the Republican nominee.  I would expect McConnell to vote for whatever Republican secures the nomination.

Exactly this! The media was all up in arms yesterday after this interview because they were reading something into it that wasn't there. He said the "nominee of the party" not Trump.
He would support a rock if it were the nominee of the party. That doesn't change how he feels about Trump. For McConnell it is all about the POP (Power Over People) party and his own agenda.

This.  After watching Mosco Mitch's answer several times, I noticed he was very careful with his word choice. He answered so trumplicans would think he supports the "former guy", but Mitch didn't say trumps name.

[thyme4change]

Mar 1, 2021 6:42:23 GMT -5 jelloshots4all said:

Feb 26, 2021 13:27:07 GMT -5 Icelandic Woman said:

Exactly this! The media was all up in arms yesterday after this interview because they were reading something into it that wasn't there. He said the "nominee of the party" not Trump.
He would support a rock if it were the nominee of the party. That doesn't change how he feels about Trump. For McConnell it is all about the POP (Power Over People) party and his own agenda.

This.  After watching Mosco Mitch's answer several times, I noticed he was very careful with his word choice. He answered so trumplicans would think he supports the "former guy", but Mitch didn't say trumps name.

True. He doesn't want Trump. But he will always support the party. No matter what.