Posted on 12/08/2021 10:51:51 AM PST by Signalman
Having thrown away what little leverage the Republican Party has in this one-party government, GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) compounded his felony by rolling over once again in the face of Democratic efforts to raise the debt limit with no conditions attached.
Democrats, of course, can raise the limit anytime they want because they would not need a filibuster proof majority for a budget bill under the Byrd Rule. But they want to share the blame for doing so with Republicans, so they won’t raise the debt limit alone.
And, obliging as ever, McConnell caved in and agreed to let them do it covered by a fig leaf of bipartisanship. He previously bailed the Democrats out over the summer and vowed not to do so again, but he can’t help himself and he rolled over again.
The Republicans could have exacted any number of commitments in return for their votes. They should have asked for an additional cut of $1 trillion in the Build Back America package. They could have insisted that the package have no language on immigration. For all their wails of outrage at the unilateral, arrogant Democratic refusal to consult them, McConnell led his troops in a total surrender — again.
Why don’t he and Manchin both switch parties and put their respective party establishments out of their agony?
Did Mitch even get a morsel of cheese?
Yeah... his wife. SNC he was supposedly thrown out of the National Guard after 6 weeks for eye problems. Turns out he couldn’t tell men from women.
His wife
Elaine Chao
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He didn’t roll over. Nor did he cave.
He collaborated. As always.
We have the same problem as the Democrat voters.
We keep re-electing the same people.
Nothing will change until we can fix that issue
Just as importantly, McConnell is clearly the senate calendar to ease passage of the Marxist Green New Deal before Christmas.
The debt ceiling was always going to be raised. The key thing to do was drag it out and run out the clock on the Democrats. Unfortunately, China Mitch and the GOP Senate prefer the Democrat’s Marxist Agenda to the MAGA agenda.
He didn’t cave, he nor the GOPe never intended to deny raising the debt ceiling....
Just theater
He is no better example of what a communist infiltrator looks like.
There’s a bunch on here who will pull that lever if Satan himself had an R in front of his name.
Butt butt butt we must vote for the lesser evil..🙄
Well I’m surely not voting for any democrat.
For all the disasters that are happening in Brandon’s administration they sure are racking up a lot of victories $$$$! If the RINOS weren’t trying to be so cutsy I would think that they are doing this to hurt their base and stick it to us. Revengeful pieces of crap!hate no I abhor McConnell and the rest of the RINOS. Hate them to the core!!
STFU. You are a goddamned fool making excuses for McConnell's betrayals.
yep, these are the Stupids who gave us the Bushes, McCain, Romney, Free Trade, endless war and an open border.
Thanks for nothing KY
Did it surprise you?
Treason.
“STFU. You are a goddamned fool making excuses for McConnell’s betrayals.”
STFU? Come on, say it with me. Justice Merrick Garland.
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