Posted on 12/23/2022 9:07:32 AM PST by RandFan
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said former President Trump’s political power is “diminished” following his endorsed candidates’ lackluster performance in the midterm elections and vowed to find “quality” candidates for Senate races in 2024.
“Here’s what I think has changed: I think the former president’s political clout has diminished,” McConnell said in a interview with NBC News released on Friday.
Despite predictions of a “red wave” in this November’s midterm elections, Republicans lost ground in the Senate and only managed to secure a slim majority in the House. Many in the GOP have since placed the blame on Trump and the far-right candidates he supported.
“We lost support that we needed among Independents and moderate Republicans, primarily related to the view they had of us as a party — largely made by the former president — that we were sort of nasty and tended toward chaos,” McConnell told NBC.
“And oddly enough, even though that subset of voters did not approve of President Biden, they didn’t have enough confidence in us in several instances to give us the majority we needed,” he continued.
McConnell initially voiced concerns in August about Republicans’ chances in the Senate, pointing to a “candidate quality” issue in an apparent reference to the extreme candidates endorsed by Trump.
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Carlin said it best....
“Now, there’s one thing you might have noticed I don’t complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain’t going to do any good; you’re just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it’s not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here... like, the public. Yeah, the public sucks. There’s a nice campaign slogan for somebody: ‘The Public Sucks. F*ck Hope.”
On the other side the dim picks were excellent! /sarc
Quality candidates = Justification for fedzilla voter fraud.
I.
WILL.
NEVER.
****NEVER****!
VOTE.
FOR.
MCCONNELLS.
PICKS.
FULL STOP!
I just heard the sound of 80 million wallets snapping shut…
I think we should seriously consider changing tactics and start infiltrating the Democratic Party. Lord knows that is precisely what the liberals did to the GOP.
Hey....THEY JUMPED IN and THEN Trump endorsed them!
McConnell turned his back on MAGA candidates. He failed to support them in any way and in some cases spoke out against them. MAGA is a big movement and represents millions of Republicans. He can’t be as good a legislature as he claims by putting down a large part of the party.
Any candidate that McConnell endorses wont get any conservative support, which is what he wants. for McConnell, not having the senate is a good thing, he doesnt want it, never did
Your wallet doesn’t matter, it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the money corporations and lobbyists contribute.
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WTF does Trump have to do with a Two Year Spending Orgy pumping every DEM organization full of Cash?
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Any candidate this snake thinks is “quality” is a low-grade, POS - PERIOD!
McConnell calls Trump ‘diminished,’ vows to find ‘quality’ Senate candidates in 2024, vows to ask Mittens and Schumer for likely candidates.
Yep, any senator that voted for the omnibus is a bad candidate, and doesn’t even deserve a hold the nose vote, including Cotton.
Turtle wants to ‘find qualified candidates’? No thanks. No one is following Cocaine Mitch’s lead.
Total misdirection.
The elections in GA and PA are rigged. Period. Whether they were good picks or not only affects how many mail in ballots are needed to be manufactured for them to lose.
Do you get it?
I’ve been a Republican since 1966. For years, I defended their stupidity, cowardice and lies, but no more. McConnell is just part of a long line of rotten, back-stabbing, lying Republicans. John Cornyn is coming up for election in 2024. I won’t be voting for him and I encourage my Texas friends to take a long look at that slug before you vote for him again.
I’ve given up entirely on elections. Nothing is ever going to change there.
I’m into hoping for complete societal collapse now. I think the odds are a lot better.
vows to find ‘quality’ Senate candidates in 2024That's called a dangling carrot.
First give us YOUR definition of "quality" candidates.
Who stopped you in 2022 Mitch?
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