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McConnell vowed to take down far-right candidates in 2022 after January 6 riot: 'We crushed the sons of bitches'
businessinsider.in ^ | 4/26/22 | OMA SEDDIQ

Posted on 04/26/2022 3:54:39 AM PDT by cotton1706

In the hours after the January 6 Capitol riot, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ripped into President Donald Trump and vowed to take down far-right candidates who ran in the 2022 midterms, according to a forthcoming book by New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin.

As the Kentucky Republican was preparing to leave the Capitol in the early morning of January 7, 2021, he pulled Martin aside and spoke briefly about his intentions to quash Trump's influence within the GOP.

"He put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger," McConnell said of Trump's role on January 6. "Couldn't have happened at a better time."

McConnell then referenced the 2014 midterms and his party's success in pushing back on extremist far-right candidates and winning back the Senate majority.

"We crushed the sons of bitches," McConnell said, "and that's what we're going to do in the primary in '22."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections
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Always such a nice guy, that Mitch.
1 posted on 04/26/2022 3:54:39 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Business Insider India...

Okaaaaay....


2 posted on 04/26/2022 3:55:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: cotton1706

That’s the most fight I’ve ever seen from this turd. Wish he had as much piss and vinegar for his fellow slimeballs in the swamp 🤪


3 posted on 04/26/2022 3:58:25 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say i)
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To: cotton1706

Y’know, one could look at the facts and see Mitch’s January 6 as his Tiananmen Square.......


4 posted on 04/26/2022 3:59:29 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: cotton1706
“… according to a forthcoming book by New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin.”

The house organ of the DNC announces its repertoire for the midterm season….

5 posted on 04/26/2022 4:00:03 AM PDT by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz )
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To: cotton1706

What the hell is “far right”? We are not Europe…there’s “far left/big government, limited government or anarchists”. He’s using the wrong terminology! We want to limit government and hold it accountable…ironically, that is the oath they took and what the founders call is our duty.


6 posted on 04/26/2022 4:00:23 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: cotton1706

McConnell has always hated conservatives. He is a country-club Republican that is as corrupt as Biden, using his wife and friends to enrich himself.

McConnell is the poster child for term limits.


7 posted on 04/26/2022 4:04:28 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: NWFree

He has LOTS of fight, when his power is threatened.

RINOs have a corrupt deal with Democrats: give us a share of the graft, and we will not oppose you in anything important to you.


8 posted on 04/26/2022 4:05:06 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: mikelets456

Ditch is personally responsible for today’s Inflation.


9 posted on 04/26/2022 4:05:25 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: cotton1706

McCarthy and McConnell should not be allowed to be leaders in 2023.


10 posted on 04/26/2022 4:05:54 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: cotton1706

but judges!


11 posted on 04/26/2022 4:06:25 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: cotton1706

OUT Mr. Chinese, OUT!!


12 posted on 04/26/2022 4:07:53 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: cotton1706

Far right? Could that mean:

1.5% inflation rate?
Unemployment rate at 3.5%?
Major cities bustling with activity?
Gas at $1.89 a gallon?
Milk at $1.99 a gallon?
The United States being an energy exporter?
Iran’s nuclear program shut down?
Powerful nations not invading or threatening smaller neighbors?
Store shelves stocked with everything we may need?
A southern border sealed tight?
Crime rate half what it is today?

Am I getting warm?


13 posted on 04/26/2022 4:11:08 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: cotton1706

We all saw what McConnell did to Trump legislatively in 2016. McConnell is a snake that needs to go.


14 posted on 04/26/2022 4:14:41 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: cotton1706

Careful what you wish for, Cocaine Mitch.


15 posted on 04/26/2022 4:16:15 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
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To: cotton1706

After the midterms I hope he picks up his toys and goes home. But he won’t he will suck up and change positions. He will say he didn’t see the evidence of Jan 6 at the time he said it. He will flip flop.


16 posted on 04/26/2022 4:25:13 AM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: cotton1706

It is WAY PAST TIME to take “Team Mitch” OUT.


17 posted on 04/26/2022 4:35:49 AM PDT by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nation of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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“Far Right” is...

From the perspective of a leftwing communist/NAZI socialist, a Constitutional patriot is “far right”.


18 posted on 04/26/2022 4:39:45 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: cotton1706

Parasites like Mitch McConnell are the reason I have no faith in the GOP after they win in the midterms.


19 posted on 04/26/2022 5:01:51 AM PDT by Durbin
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We’re gonna crush you RINOs Turtle. You have clearly lost the power struggle. We are taking over from you RINOs. Just retire with your millions in Chinese money.


20 posted on 04/26/2022 5:04:53 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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