That vote of dismissal in the Senate was hard to swallow, with 43 Republicans voting to acquit Trump for the insurrection made in his name, by the people waving his flag. Senator Mitch McConnell’s speech deserved more gag dignity afterwards, blaming Trump for the aspiring coup minutes after voting to let him go.
“The most aggressive statements for me were those of Mitch McConnells, Rob Portmans and Marco Rubios after they voted to acquit Donald Trump, basically saying,‘ Well, you know, the whole thing was a little bad and I I wish you hadn’t tried. And I wish a cop hadn’t died. And you know, he made bad decisions. But you know, I had no choice, ”said Tim Miller, general writer The bulwark, explains Molly Jong-Fast about the latest edition of The New Abnormal.
But of course, McConnell and his crew did have a choice. The House indicted Trump on Jan. 13. The Senate decided to take a vacation, instead of taking over the case immediately. And once the holidays were over and Biden was sworn in, they decided against all reason and precedent that a former officer like Trump could somehow not be convicted.
For Mitch McConnell to say, “I really wanted to, but …” Shit. The only reason you didn’t do it was for you. It’s galling. Give me a hundred. [militia-friendly Rep.] Lauren Boberts, who is too stupid to know it was bad, or Ted Cruzes, who are sociopaths, about Mitch McConnell, trying to tell me he has some. Give me a break, ”says Tim.
Also on the show: Rep. Andy Kim tells Molly what it’s like to be the rare Democrat representing a Trumpy district. Molly gives an update on the situation of the Lincoln Project. And Tim keeps talking about McConnell.
“I know a lot of listeners will think that Mitch McConnell has no soul, and that’s understandable. But it actually has a flicker. The Senate is loved, ”Tim added. “And I wanted to be able to do it in the weird way of Mitch McConnell. And that’s what actually gets worse … Don’t try to remind me. You had a chance to do something you didn’t do. You made desire move. You sided with the insurgents. “
Miller says, “Basically, what we saw on Saturday was a Republican party that had a chance — after five years of being cowardly cowards who turned Donald Trump around with every opportunity — he was finally able to put in. “Stack it in his heart and say, ‘We don’t need you anymore. We don’t tolerate it. And we want to move on, it even takes a little pain.’ And 43 of them said … “nah” “
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