Yep, while Mitch was probably “right” this certainly wasn’t the fiscally conservative hill to die on.
In the context of that stinking pile of garbage bill the $2k certainly was the right thing to do. The original bill had nothing for main street while swamp lobbyist connected defense contractors got paid. China Mitch was playing swamp games and got burned. Now all his lieutenants lose their committee chairs. Whooops.
Yep, while Mitch was probably “right” this certainly wasn’t the fiscally conservative hill to die on.
The turtle won’t have to worry. I’m positive he has a lot of Chinese money to fall back on.