Posted on 12/31/2020 12:18:27 PM PST by rintintin
President Donald Trump will be leaving Washington soon, but the most powerful Republican of the past four years isn't going anywhere. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, says a former member of the White House staff who advised Trump throughout the first three turbulent years in office, "was sort of Trump's 'Washington whisperer.' He offered quiet advice, and provided critical help on some very big stuff," says the former staffer, who requested anonymity in order to talk candidly. ''You could call him kind of a co-president."
Much of Trump's legacy, when it comes to domestic policy at least, will be fleeting. Many of his signature initiatives—building a wall at the Mexican border, restricting immigration, and implementing broad economic deregulation—were enacted by executive order, and much of it will be swept aside by his successor. The transformative parts of Trump's domestic record are largely McConnell's work. The Senate majority leader took the political neophyte under his wing when he arrived in Washington four years ago, played a central role in his most important achievements, and is now at odds with Trump in his final days in office.
The Senate majority leader's achievements include the appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices—made possible before the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch by the majority leader's implementation of the so called "nuclear option," the elimination of the 60-vote requirement to end a filibuster for nominees to the high court. It also includes the appointment of 224 federal judges nationwide. (Since 1976 only Ronald Reagan, who served two terms, appointed more.) McConnell got the 2017 tax bill passed narrowly in the Senate, which Trump supporters credit with powering a strong economy that, they believe, would have led to his re-election were it not for the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Help help, I’m drowning in BS!
The UniParty is looking to McConnell to “save” them this week
He won’t be majority leader after next week if polls are to believed
After the Georgia runoffs he really is done
I don’t think he cares if he is head of minority. As an elite, a member of the protected governing class, I suspect he thinks he wins regardless of who is in charge of Senate.
Correct without the 75 million Trump voters there is no GOP. And Mitch is making sure those Trump voters know that the GOP is not on their side. F Mitch.
That’s a good one!
Bill Powell, why don’t you quit embarrassing yourself by writing this pap? Snoozeweak is right where columnists that are dumb as dirt work....you’re proof!!
Bingo.
That is the job of the Senate Majority leader.
First it was Lil Paulie Ryan who showed us what he really was all about. Then came The Turtle! The GOP is finished in its present form!
Where is the fake news Barf alert
I needed a shovel to clear out my desk area of bullshitte after reading the first few lines.
They really do produce low grade garbage.
>>> Partner, I just hope you are correct on this one.
I think his term is up in 2022... not sure... but if he doesn’t face charges for treason, I would bet my bottom dollar he is going to get primaried.
McConnell was just reelected...he’s there until 2026.
>>> McConnell was just reelected...he’s there until 2026.
Gitmo then.
or lets make sure he’s no longer speaker.
>>> McConnell has made a big mistake in not backing President Trump...
I don’t think that’s the case.
I seriously doubt McConnell EVER backed the president.
More importantly, I highly suspect that the CCP called all their chips in on him too.... Biden wins or ELSE!
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