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Mitch McConnell deepens GOP civil war by warning he could OPPOSE Trump-backed candidates such as daughter-in-law Lara and Marjorie Taylor Green in favor of 'electable' Republicans
UK Daily Mail ^ | February 15 2021 | HARRIET ALEXANDER

Posted on 02/14/2021 11:47:48 PM PST by knighthawk

Mitch McConnell has said he is open to opposing any 'unelectable' candidates in 2022, even if they are strongly backed by Donald Trump, as he wrestles with how to handle a deeply-divided party following Trump's impeachment hearing.

McConnell voted on Saturday to acquit the former president, but then publicly attacked him, accusing him of a 'disgraceful dereliction of duty' in his most critical remarks ever uttered.

His tightrope walk between defending and demonizing the former president impressed few.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: mitchmcconnell; trump
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To: central_va
The GOPe is resurgent and winning.

LOL. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue disagree.

If I was a GOPe leader I’d be alarmed at those Georgia races because of what they offered as a glimpse of the future. Trump’s core supporters stayed home for those runoffs even though Trump himself pushed hard to get those two re-elected.

41 posted on 02/15/2021 3:05:50 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: knighthawk

Not as bad as they spinned it.. The turtle’s actual quote:

““My goal is, in every way possible, to have nominees representing the Republican Party who can win in November,” McConnell said by telephone. “Some of them may be people the former president likes. Some of them may not be. The only thing I care about is electability.”

Deceptive article, that spins a politico piece. Even politico spun it, but the quote is just normal mitch stuff. I don’t like the turtle at all, but fair is fair.


42 posted on 02/15/2021 3:06:25 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now!)
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

+. Thanks. UR right - typical Mitch pol speak.


43 posted on 02/15/2021 3:08:04 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (When will the first modern Auto-da-fe happen?)
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To: irishjuggler

McConnell is absolute proof why the 17th Amendment needs to be repealed. This situation shows that the uniparty is in power, not the voters and taxpayers.

The political class rules along with mega donors and the media have too much power.

It’s well past putting the check and balance back on the Senate.


44 posted on 02/15/2021 3:08:46 AM PST by Article10 (Roger That)
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To: knighthawk

What we saw Saturday was McConnell’s last moment of influence in electoral politics. He may hold some sway with establishment donors, but they won’t have enough voter support to get a dog catcher elected.


45 posted on 02/15/2021 3:10:17 AM PST by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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To: IamConservative

Dream on. McConnell is going nowhere. Thinking you can purge the Republican Party of its uniparty traitors is a fantasy.


46 posted on 02/15/2021 3:20:43 AM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: knighthawk

If anything at all can be said good about the current political situation our nation is in, it’s that the communist sympathizers and other un-Americans within the GOP are outing themselves.

I bet there’s enough dirt on this old ChiCom loving cretin to try him for treason. I despise traitorous RINO’s more than I do a democrat.


47 posted on 02/15/2021 3:31:21 AM PST by redfreedom (You can vote your way into socialism, but you may have to shoot your way out.)
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To: SecAmndmt

“Marjorie Taylor Greene was elected, so what is his problem?”

She’s not a communist.


48 posted on 02/15/2021 3:32:30 AM PST by redfreedom (You can vote your way into socialism, but you may have to shoot your way out.)
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To: knighthawk

Something to remember...

In the 2016 presidential race, Trump was the only electable Republican candidate.


49 posted on 02/15/2021 3:33:37 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Joe Biden: The best president Chinese money can buy.)
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To: knighthawk

I don’t think ol’ mitch really understands how this “We are President Trump’s base” thing works.


50 posted on 02/15/2021 3:35:51 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Prince of Space
-- He's 78. He needs to just disappear ... --

Eyes on the candidates to replace his leadership position. That person needs to go, too. It is John Thune at the moment.

51 posted on 02/15/2021 3:36:20 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables
-- ... but fair is fair. --

Of course.

But politics (and law in general) is war by non-violent means.
One does not win a war by fighting fair.

52 posted on 02/15/2021 3:41:34 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: knighthawk

I’ll contribute whatever I can to any candidate that Mitch opposes, even if it’s just a poem.


53 posted on 02/15/2021 3:42:26 AM PST by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Right, he purposely threw the George Senate election.


54 posted on 02/15/2021 3:43:34 AM PST by Husker24
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To: Prince of Space

He’ll be 79 in just a few days. Time to go.


55 posted on 02/15/2021 3:45:35 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: knighthawk

Hahahahha, series?


56 posted on 02/15/2021 3:53:20 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: Alberta's Child
Dear GOP fluffers,

With the help of both Fox and I predict the MSM the GOP bushie globalist RINOs will once again be in charge of the Republican Party. Trump and MAGA will be just a distant memory by 2022.

We should have created a new MAGA party. 2 years from now FR will lament not doing so ....

57 posted on 02/15/2021 3:55:40 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: knighthawk

Mitch needs to keep his mouth shut


58 posted on 02/15/2021 3:56:52 AM PST by Old Coach1
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To: Old Coach1

Their is no civil war. The GOPe is firmly back in command peons. No more MAGA you hear? Now heel.


59 posted on 02/15/2021 3:59:44 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: knighthawk

Wouldn’t surprise me, after all he gave Alabama Roy Moore as a candidate and Doug Jones as a senator.


60 posted on 02/15/2021 4:05:11 AM PST by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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