McConnell calls Trump a 'fading brand' in Woodward-Costa book

The Hill ^ | 09/23/2021 | Caroline Vakil

[ChicagoConservative27]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) referred to former President Trump as a “fading brand,” according to a new book published by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, the Lexington Herald Ledger reported.

According to their new book “Peril,” McConnell reportedly called Trump “a fading brand. Retired. OTTB as they say in Kentucky — off-the-track Thoroughbred.”

McConnell, often a target of Trump's ire, also reportedly said that he saw a trend indicating that the Republican Party was starting to move away from Trumpism, reportedly saying “Sucking up to Donald Trump is not a strategy that works."

[ChicagoConservative27]

Where is Mr. Demented Watergate getting this crap from? Did the alphabet soup eats at the home spell it out for him one afternoon?

[TheDon]

LOL! Wishful thinking.

[kiryandil]

OK, Mitch.

[madison10]

McConnell’s type are dinosaurs. So who is fading?

[wiseprince]

The more they hate Trump the more I want him back and the more we refuse anyone else.

[Bookshelf]

I don’t doubt that the weasel said what Woodward claims, but I would like to know to whom he said it?

[Maris Crane]

Someone buy him a clue to recent polls.

[Fido969]

Odd, then, that Trump is beating Biden in the “If the election were held today” polls. Also, he’s wiping out anyone else on the pub side.

[ProudDeplorable]

Mitch is hoping the Republican party could get back to the good old days of when they would just capitulate and remain in the minority. This way, there’s no responsibility for anything and Mitch gets to keep his cushy job.

[Mr. Mojo]

The MAGA movement is here to stay, and Mitch knows it. If anything, RINOs are headed toward extinction.

[Dr. Sivana]

Trump was a “fading brand” in the early ‘90s when he had serious financial problems. The man does not quit, and he’s proven that counts for a lot.

[Regulator]

Trying to prime the pump with the mantra

Yertle will be in the ground long before the Trump Bunny stops beating his drum.

[Carriage Hill]

Mitch-The-Bitch has a surprise coming in 2024.

[dainbramaged]

Mitch was never a thoroughbred or anything close. More like a jackass who needs to be sent to the glue factory.

[budj]

"...Sucking up to Donald Trump..."

A classic comment from an obvious politician. The process of "sucking up" never worked for anyone with DJT; that's why he fired people. He always required performance, where political clowns like McConnell did just fine with suckups.

[windsorknot]

Nothing says, “fading brand” like Mitch McConnell.

[liberalh8ter]

Yet another thing McConnell gets wrong.

[Manic_Episode]

The invasive species swamp dwellers act like they own the place and get to call the shots.

Treacherous corrupt unamerican unpatriotic traitor as much as any of them.

[KarlInOhio]

The brand is fading? Well, heat up the branding iron and rebrand it on McConnell's shell.

[blackdog]

We ain't the same republican sheep that bought your talk for decades. The George Will, McConnell, Romney, Collins, Graham, Flake, brand circle jerk is fading into the sunset.

Mithch is projecting his problems. How Democrat leftist is that?!