10-09-2018, 10:41 AM
Mitch McConnell is one smart strategic mofo and good at getting what he wants by any means necessary.
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McConnell's gotten away with blatantly seedy bullshit for so long now that he seems fully emboldened and drunk on power, to me.
Yesterday, McConnell got two standing ovations from Republican senators and Administration officials for 'plowing through' a Supreme Court Justice who had nearly the lowest public favorable rating of any SC nominee prior to the sexual assault allegations, and whom more Americans opposed than approved at the time of his confirmation.
At the same time, President Trump used Kavanaugh's for-show second swearing-in ceremony as a political rally, during which he attempted to energize his base by characterizing protesters as a 'mob' (the latest right wing talking point). Trump also "apologized to Brett and his family on behalf of all Americans".
McConnell's gotten away with blatantly seedy bullshit for so long now that he seems fully emboldened and drunk on power, to me.
Yesterday, McConnell got two standing ovations from Republican senators and Administration officials for 'plowing through' a Supreme Court Justice who had nearly the lowest public favorable rating of any SC nominee prior to the sexual assault allegations, and whom more Americans opposed than approved at the time of his confirmation.
At the same time, President Trump used Kavanaugh's for-show second swearing-in ceremony as a political rally, during which he attempted to energize his base by characterizing protesters as a 'mob' (the latest right wing talking point). Trump also "apologized to Brett and his family on behalf of all Americans".