McConnell endorses Trump after years of acrimony between the two men
Source: Washington Post
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday after years of acrimony between the two men, cementing Trumps continued hold on the Republican Party.
It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States, McConnell said in a statement to The Washington Post. It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support. During his presidency, we worked together to accomplish great things for the American people including tax reform that supercharged our economy and a generational change of our federal judiciary most importantly, the Supreme Court. I look forward to the opportunity of switching from playing defense against the terrible policies the Biden administration has pursued to a sustained offense geared towards making a real difference in improving the lives of the American people.
McConnell who has announced he will step down from his leadership role in November is one of the most influential Washington Republican to back Trump, and the endorsement was a remarkable if expected move from the Kentucky Republican. He has held out in recent weeks as other Republicans have lined up to back Trump, including many who wanted a different nominee, and his endorsement means almost every powerful cog in the Republican apparatus is directly behind the former president.
The endorsement also comes as former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley announced Wednesday morning she was suspending her campaign, leaving Trump with no major opponents left.
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Ocelot II
(115,978 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,893 posts)Fitting place doncha think?
BumRushDaShow
(129,972 posts)March 6, 2024, 10:32 AM
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race.
"It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States," McConnell said in a statement Wednesday, just after Nikki Haley exited the race.
"It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support," McConnell added. "During his Presidency, we worked together to accomplish great things for the American people including tax reform that supercharged our economy and a generational change of our federal judiciary - most importantly, the Supreme Court."
"I look forward to the opportunity of switching from playing defense against the terrible policies the Biden administration has pursued to a sustained offense geared towards making a real difference in improving the lives of the American people."
(snip)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mitch-mcconnell-endorses-donald-trump-2024-race-support/story?id=107845418
Was there ever any doubt? MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,098 posts)PatSeg
(47,743 posts)McConnell hates Trump and knows he would be a disaster as president. Couldn't he have just sat down and kept his mouth shut? It must be hard on one's health to lie all the time.
TwilightZone
(25,517 posts)So this is no surprise. He will always support the nominee, regardless of how abhorrent that nominee is.
In that, he's not alone. I think we frequently underestimate just how many Republicans feel the same way. Many detest Trump and will vote for him anyway, because they still believe any R is better than any D.
PSPS
(13,637 posts)If anything, this displays how small the republican base has become. It's all MAGA and billionaires. In a way, this reveals the weakness of trump in a general election.
TwilightZone
(25,517 posts)It's also about political power and the ends justifying the means. Their only current option to regain the presidency is Donald Trump, so they will act accordingly. Their power as a party is almost always more important to them than the abhorrent nature of their nominee. Of course, keeping their jobs is also an important factor.
In the end, he's just a tool to get what they want. McConnell unfortunately used him quite skillfully for that purpose. Trump will eventually fade away, go to prison, or die. McConnell's infiltration of the judiciary with Trump as the key will have ramifications for decades.
2naSalit
(86,925 posts)He's been the head traitor all along.
Fuck him all the way to his kingdom come.
cilla4progress
(24,799 posts)In the barrel we go...
SMDH...
LakeArenal
(28,871 posts)No surprise there.
Itchinjim
(3,085 posts)What a worm.
Traildogbob
(8,889 posts)He is not a Turtle, they have a spine. He IS a slug in a shell. I will dance when he is called home, to hell. And his traitorous ass should NEVER lay in state in our house. He has done more to kill democracy than any country we have ever been at war with.
ALso, you can bet Trump has informed on his wifes criminality while serving in his regime.
lastlib
(23,372 posts)spineless, brainless, toxic, floats with the currents, and feeds from the bottom.
bluestarone
(17,106 posts)Gonna be a LONG YEAR!
PSPS
(13,637 posts)Paladin
(28,283 posts)trump could piss in McConnell's mouth, and McConnell would still gargle his allegiance...
William Seger
(10,793 posts)GreenWave
(6,812 posts)FarPoint
(12,484 posts)He has always supported tRump...evidence is look at the Supreme Court for starters.
Mysterian
(4,601 posts)Not me.
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)republianmushroom
(13,850 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,817 posts)patphil
(6,252 posts)McConnell was, is, and shall ever be a self-serving political opportunist.
agingdem
(7,874 posts)Mitch is a rancid piece of decaying flesh.....
Blue Owl
(50,571 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,478 posts)Who's standing after election day?
Freethinker65
(10,106 posts)the endorsement the day after Trump's Super Tuesday won't get the media play it would have doing it later when Trump inevitably has a major fuck up and/or Biden has success. Get it out of the way.
McConnell was never going to endorse Biden, and if he had, many on the fringe left would be screaming "see, there is no difference between the two Parties! Why bother voting, or use your vote as a protest vote.".
CousinIT
(9,271 posts)is NOT...and I repeat NOT "improving the lives of the American people.
It's making life for at least HALF of the US population worse. MUCH worse.
twodogsbarking
(9,920 posts)Turbineguy
(37,413 posts)He endorses trump.
wiggs
(7,820 posts)guess is that it wasn't a vague hunch. nt
Bristlecone
(10,145 posts)His stench of sulphur to get stronger by the day.
Gore1FL
(21,165 posts)FakeNoose
(32,889 posts)He's just playing this up for the rubes in the cheap seats.
EndlessWire
(6,574 posts)how some men don't stand up for their spouse, after Trump calls them names and disparages them. The one thing you do in life, that should mean something even if you are personally at odds with your partner, is that vow to support your spouse. These men do not have their wife's back. They let Trump piss on them. They may be jockeying, playing politics, but that's unforgiveable. They let the disgusting rapist have at their wives. What is wrong with them??
SalamanderSleeps
(598 posts)The GOP has now become a zombie punching itself in the crotch.
R.I.P. Moscow Mitch.
cab67
(3,012 posts)CloudWatcher
(1,851 posts)I'm sure this is not related. I'm not some conspiracy nut .... right??
A criminal investigation has been opened into the death of Angela Chao, a shipping chief executive and sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who died in a car accident last month.
Chao, the CEO of her family's global shipping company Foremost Group, was found dead shortly after midnight on February 11 after she was submerged in a vehicle that had driven into a pond on a private ranch in central Texas. She was 50 years old.
According to CNBC, the Blanco County Sheriff's Office wrote in a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday that it was investigating Chao's death as a "criminal matter," adding that the "incident was not a typical accident." Law enforcement had originally ruled her death as an "unfortunate accident."
https://www.newsweek.com/who-angela-chao-criminal-probe-mitch-mcconnell-sister-laws-death-1875332
SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)McConnell, Dump and the term "great things" should not even exist in the same narrative.
malthaussen
(17,235 posts)This is not news.
-- Mal
Enquiring_Mind
(83 posts)and manipulating the judiciary confirmations in general. Won't miss the old bastard.
onecaliberal
(32,991 posts)orangecrush
(19,665 posts)Will be the death of Democracy.