Posted on 10/21/2021 3:59:14 AM PDT by cotton1706
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may want to move past former President Donald Trump but polls indicate overcoming the former president's base will be a tall order for the GOP Senate leader.
McConnell sees Trump's constant spotlight on the alleged voter fraud that occurred in the 2020 election as a detriment to Republican efforts to retake control of Congress. While McConnell wants 2022 candidates to be focusing on President Joe Biden, Trump remains the leader of the GOP despite holding no official title and polls indicate that he still commands strong support among members of the party.
A YouGov/Economist poll from October 16 to October 19 found Trump had significantly more support than McConnell. About 81 percent of Republicans had at least a "somewhat" favorable view of Trump, more than double the 37 percent McConnell received.
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But they thought they'd win the battle.
Perhaps. But if Trump is elected again in 2024 then it’s possible, or probable, that McConnell will be the Senate Majority Leader. Trump will have to find a way to work with him.
“Trump will have to find a way to work with him.”
Trump can just appoint his wife to another cabinet post.
What dopes wasted money on a poll to see if Turtle was more popular than Trump?
That’s an uneven comparison.
Trump is charisma personified.
He’s always going to “be more popular” than someone like McConnell.
McConnell knows the system for judgeships, for using obscure rules of congress. He has his uses, when not actively #NeverTrump.
The constant drumbeat of “republicans want contour” is nauseating
They do not want the majority in the senate
If mcconnell wanted the majority he’d have pushed for the exposure of the cheating and put in the two senators in Georgia, arizona and Michigan.
Senate majority Was voted in
McConnell doesn’t want it
Why does Newsweek get away with saying trump is more popular that trump in a headline
That is not news but they are presenting it as news
McConnell has a plurality in a little state. Trump has 74 million voters 10 million more that in his first election. Trump is more popular than all senators
McConnell told us to stop trying to repeal Obamacare too.
Yes, the people are stupid, but not that stupid.
There are plenty of us still strong enough to think for ourselves.
Worked out for Chao's family but not so well for Trump.
“Worked out for Chao’s family but not so well for Trump.”
I was half kidding. But you’re right.
McConnell and the other RINOs are terrified we’ll heed Trump’s advice and not vote for them in 2022 and 2024.
What’s new about that?
President Trump has always been vastly more popular than McConnell.
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