Jane Mayer On How Mitch McConnell Became Trump's 'Enabler-In-Chief'

[diva77]

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/23/842715448/jane-mayer-on-how-mitch-mcconnell-became-trumps-enabler-in-chief

(Terry Gross of "Fresh Air" interviews Jane Mayer)

April 23, 2020

'New Yorker' staff writer Jane Mayer talks about how the Senate majority leader has thrown his support behind the President, and allowed the president to diminish congressional power — in spite of the fact that Trump and McConnell are opposites in several ways. Mayer says McConnell's refusal to rein in Trump is looking riskier than ever.
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Jane sums up the essence of McConnell -- he just wants power; he doesn't stand for anything

[world wide wally]

1. Power AND money

[diva77]

2. He already fulfilled his bucket list item of "money" when he married Chao

[Iliyah]

3. Come on folks . . .

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to have figured this out prior to shithole and republican party along with Russia stealing the 2016 election that mcturtle was a fucking far right winger. They wanted a full and dangerous idiot in the office to deflect, distract the USA and world while republicans party destroy democracy. Refusing to sit supreme court and federal judges during the Obama Presidency was a sure sign. He is not beholden to shithole. He is beholden to the extreme right.

[diva77]

4. Exactly -- He is financed by and beholden to the oligarchs who want their tax cuts, etc etc

-- which is discussed in the interview in OP

[Wellstone ruled]

5. We now know,Moscow Mitch's

inlaws may have been used as a conduit for a massive Real Estate Loan from a Chinese Bank where Elaine Chao's Sister is a Board Member because of her Families massive wealth and ownership of a Shipping Company.

When Chao was selected by Trump,that set off a major Stink bomb for me. Use to follow what was called the Ship Index at that time frame. Chao family name would appear in various comments as to who would gain prominence in a specific type of Bulk Carrier Business. Thus the Smell Test did not pass.

[diva77]

6. Interesting about the Ship Index -- was unaware of it -- yet another place to discover deeper layers

of corruption. What do most people use the ship index for?

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Owned a Ship Stock at the time,

and watched a China Based Company destroy their business via low ball freight rates only to find out they ended up with not only the Boats,but the Haulage Contracts.