Posted on 02/13/2025 8:34:41 AM PST by RandFan
As we've just reported, former Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell was the only Republican senator to vote no on RFK Jr's nomination.
McConnell may have been motivated this time by his experience as a polio survivor. Kennedy has previously criticised the vaccine, which research shows is safe and effective.
It's not the first time McConnell has found himself among a small group of Republicans going against Trump's wishes.
He voted no on Trump's pick for the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, whom he said "alarming lapses in judgment" regarding her sympathetic comments to Russia and other statements she's made.
McConnell also voted no on Pete Hegseth, the new defence secretary, who had denied misconduct allegations and claims he was under-qualified.
McConnell has had a fraught relationship with Trump over the years, at times pushing back against him, including after the 6 January riots, while at other times choosing to stick by his side.
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The last gasp of Mitch the RINO Turtle.
He’s acting as feeble and foolish as Biden. They just don’t recognize it’s time to retire.
McConnell: Just like John McCain, throwing Trump the finger right up until his death.
Should never have been elected in the first place he scum and so is Mrs. McConnell
Mitch the Beotch... irrelevant to the end.
McConnell may have been motivated this time by his experience as a polio survivor.
McConnell was motivated by his hatred of President Donald J. Trump.
I can almost smell that old man smell when I read his name, pathetic.
Must be worried that his China grift is going to be exposed. Needs to be in jail.
Go to the light, Mitch. Getting a little warm? Just relax, it will be fine...you’ll get everything you deserve.
BBC trying to squeeze a bit more out of a high-mileage senator destined for the scrap heap. Way to go.
McConnel is old and terrified, his Chinese handlers likely have threatened him and he is towing the line.
It is lame but pretty much all the enemy has right now.
By his anti-MAGA votes, it’s rather obvious Mitch has no plans to run in 2026, but that should surprise nobody.
I wish Kentucky voters would recall him. Just do it.
Ah, but what is the Chinese party line?
Not going out with a Party supporting Bang but as a Blank Cartridge
“McConnell may have been motivated this time by his experience as a polio survivor”. Nonsense, he voted no out of spite.
McConnell is worse than Biden, he doesn’t even know what he’s voting on, his staff is probably holding his hand..............
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