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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“ This is tiresome, tedious cope. Getting bored of the whining about stolen elections. I’d rather start winning again. ”
You realize that sentence is an oxymoron, right? Without getting to the root of stolen elections how can we ever achieve the second part of your sentence?
Diminished? So McConnell thinks Trump won the election.
The Turdle needs to leave the Republican leadership position in the Senate. He needs to cash in his Chinese chips and disappear into retirement.
Murkovsky is moving to Texas?
And we vow to defeat any Turtle backed candidates in the primary. Just for the fun of it.
President Trump’s political power is “diminished”.
Trump is 18 points in the lead of others McConnel head is on the chopping block he knows his time is up as the lead mole for the democrats.
McConnell outed himself as a Democrat with the Omnibus.
Turtle is leftover meatloaf.
McConnell is a traitor and should be treated as such.
NEVER! So what if a Democrat wins in the place of a McConnell pick, we know what we are getting. At least we won’t feel like suckers again,
Mitch can go F himself. BTW isn’t that how he got kicked out of the military?
Yup.
I cannot bring myself to vote for a Democrat, but I sure can NOT vote for a McConnell "Republican".
Let’s hope Trump takes out a bunch of Senators. Even if his picks eventually
lose (not a given)it will be fulfilling
McConnell is a very malodorous traitor to the United States of America. I mean, his stench is worse than a fresh deposit in a cat litter box. It’s the corruption, the selfishness, the apathy toward those to whom he swore allegiance. Why can’t he take up a new hobby, like skydiving or bull riding?
You can't win on a corrupted playing field.
Attacks on Trump by prominent figures like McConnell show how serious a threat he is to them.
~guilty snicker~
They must keep pushing the narrative.
But in the meantime...
I hope all you “Trump is finished” types here on FR are happy. Bet you didn’t know that McConnell has now declared the most important item to you and yours is Ukraine. Forget gas, groceries, and just everyday cost of living. What do you need with energy anyway? Buy an extra blanket if you can afford one! And let generations of your offspring stay in poverty to pay off our debt. Who the neck cares, your Uni party has spoken!!!!
Mitch “The Turtle”. Knows what’s good for him, and what’s good for him is what you are supposed to support! He so strongly feels this way that he would like nothing better than to put more people in office who will fall in lock step with his every breath. Doesn’t that just send waves of contentment and security over you? After all Trump is now out of the way according to The Turtle and you peons can all go back to being good little unwashed masses blasting Trump and those damn MAGA patriots!!!
McConnell?
Yet another lying insider professional career politician.
Well at least Kari Lake in AZ isn’t afraid to fight for electoral integrity!
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