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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell: "Okay, can 51 of us agree how we're going to handle this?"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/12/mitch-mcconnell-impeachment-senate-trial-republicans
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)and McTurtle knows it. It will not fly.
Confirmation of evil and unqualified assholes is one thing but this is whole new ball game.
OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)That's a good thing. I know he's a GOPer at heart - but he will follow the rules and hold the Moscow Mitch to the rule of law.
lark
(23,003 posts)There is zero proof (that I've heard or seen) in anything he's done that he's not a rank partisan. Writing OP's and rulings have no convergence with this rw partisan.
procon
(15,805 posts)Negotiating with Schumer means a compromise is necessary to reach a bipartisan solution. That, or ask Putin how you should proceed.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)2020 and 2022 GOP is in terrible positions in the Senate for elections
maxrandb
(15,192 posts)If Moscow Mitch accomplishes anything, I hope it's the fucking destruction of how the Senate is comprised.
He's made it abundantly clear that the way Senate seats are distributed needs to be blown the fuck up!