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Mitch McConnell has gone silent on Donald Trump as Senate hangs in balance
CBS News / Associated Press ^ | 10/25/2016

Posted on 10/25/2016 5:21:19 AM PDT by tekrat

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has never had much to say about Donald Trump. But lately, he has fallen completely silent.

On the few occasions when the Republican leader has appeared publicly in his home state of Kentucky this month, he’s either avoided answering reporters’ questions, or explicitly refused to address the topic he acknowledged was on everyone’s mind: His party’s presidential nominee.

At a local Chamber of Commerce event in Danville, McConnell twice instructed the crowd not to ask him about the presidential race “even though that’s what I know you all wanted me to talk about.”

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: election; reaction; senate; trump
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1 posted on 10/25/2016 5:21:20 AM PDT by tekrat
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Some leader…in the sense that Benedict Arnold was a leader. Win or lose, he needs to be demoted.


2 posted on 10/25/2016 5:23:56 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: tekrat

he’s trying to see if he any balls left!


3 posted on 10/25/2016 5:24:19 AM PDT by wright2bear (#NeverTrump is a mental disorder!)
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To: tekrat

How can anyone be silent in the most important race in our country’s history? This guy is a duplicitous fool!


4 posted on 10/25/2016 5:24:31 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
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To: tekrat

To be honest, I think he saw what happened to Ryan and knows better.


5 posted on 10/25/2016 5:24:59 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: wright2bear

he’s trying to see if he has any balls left!


6 posted on 10/25/2016 5:25:01 AM PDT by wright2bear (#NeverTrump is a mental disorder!)
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To: wright2bear

Do Turkeys even have balls?


7 posted on 10/25/2016 5:25:14 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: tekrat
On Nov 8th, destroy the Dreegs!


8 posted on 10/25/2016 5:25:25 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: tekrat
Head pulls into shell. Film at 11.


9 posted on 10/25/2016 5:25:29 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: tekrat

Kentucky is going to go heavily for Trump.

The quisling knew if he opened his mouth he was done.


10 posted on 10/25/2016 5:26:11 AM PDT by cgbg (This space for rent--$250K)
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To: Gaffer

Pu$$..s don’t either:)


11 posted on 10/25/2016 5:26:22 AM PDT by wright2bear (#NeverTrump is a mental disorder!)
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To: txrefugee

Demoted? He needs to be unemployed...


12 posted on 10/25/2016 5:27:21 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: tekrat

My family and I have gone silent for Pat Toomey.


13 posted on 10/25/2016 5:28:04 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: The_Media_never_lie

It’s not important to him. Nothing will change for any of them. They will still have their cushy jobs and pensions. They will still get to enrich themselves off of our backs.


14 posted on 10/25/2016 5:28:25 AM PDT by mothball
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To: Axenolith

Unfortunately, he’s not up for reelection until 2020.


15 posted on 10/25/2016 5:29:18 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: txrefugee

Let me again extend my appreciation for the voters who reelected this POS.


16 posted on 10/25/2016 5:29:29 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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To: tekrat
Yesterday I heard a sound byte from my state's junior senator that could have been a verbatim excerpt of Cruz's speech at the convention. "Vote for values", etc.

I'll never vote for him again and in fact I would consider voting for a Democrat against him.

Our senior senator, OTOH, has at least had good enough sense to keep his mouth shut and not insult us that way.

So yeah, McConnell is still a whore and so are the GOPe's.

17 posted on 10/25/2016 5:31:13 AM PDT by OKSooner (She was practiced at the art of deception, I could tell by her bloodstained hands.)
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To: tekrat

Wonder if Mitch understands that he and his buddies are the reason there *is* a Trump?


18 posted on 10/25/2016 5:31:34 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: JonPreston
Me, too. Toomey said he is "distancing himself" from Trump so we are distancing ourselves from him.

Also, I am skipping all posts on here from CBS, NBC, ABC, Politico, and all other articles written by the MSM. Nothing but lies...

19 posted on 10/25/2016 5:31:59 AM PDT by Russ
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Me, too. Toomey said he is "distancing himself" from Trump so we are distancing ourselves from him.

Also, I am skipping all posts on here from CBS, NBC, ABC, Politico, and all other articles written by the MSM. Nothing but lies...

20 posted on 10/25/2016 5:32:22 AM PDT by Russ
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