McConnell: Trump Tricked Me Into Backing His Coup

[Generic Other]

Is this what passes for manhood in Kentucky?

On November 9, a senior Republican explained what was then the Republican Party’s consensus posture toward President Trump’s refusal to accept the election results. The quote, given anonymously to the Washington Post, became instantly notorious: “What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No one seriously thinks the results will change.”

Needless to say, that explanation looks even worse now. McConnell and his allies are trying to launder their reputations. McConnell’s excuse is contained within a deeply reported New York Times narrative account of Trump’s election challenge. Apparently, McConnell was duped by Trump and his wily son-in-law:

The senator was also under a false impression that the president was only blustering, the officials said. Mr. McConnell had had multiple conversations with the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and the senator’s top political adviser, Josh Holmes, had spoken with Mr. Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser. Both West Wing officials had conveyed the same message: They would pursue all potential avenues but recognized that they might come up short. Mr. Trump would eventually bow to reality and accept defeat.

Poor sweet, naïve Mitch McConnell was told that Trump would graciously concede defeat, only to eventually realize Trump had misled him.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/mcconnell-trump-election-coup-steal-lies-riot-insurrection.html?utm_source=tw

[elleng]

1. 'McConnell was duped by Trump and his wily son-in-law:'

[dchill]

5. Anyone who actually thinks Jared Kushner is "wily"...

... doesn't understand what a gullible ass they are.

[PufPuf23]

2. What a pants load from McConnell. nt

[brush]

3. Bullsh_t! McTurtle is no naive rookie. He knows trump throws any and everyone...

under the bus eventually to save his own ass (except Ivanka, who he still has hopes of bedding). Mitch is just trying to exonerate himself from going along with the "stop the steal" big lie.

[moonscape]

4. Jared more wily than McConnell? Bwhahahahaha! n/t

[DFW]

6. Not manhood

It’s what passes for an alibi.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. That sure sounds like a Willful and Useful Idiot!

[unblock]

8. For Donnie, the whole point of communication is to dupe people

Imagine being in such a pickle that the best excuse you can come up with is that you believed the biggest liar in all of history.

[lunatica]

11. Especially when he's the worlds most evil person who

Glorifies himself as the grim reaper of anything that would help humanity.

They’re a fine pair, like a marriage made in hell.

[Cha]

9. I wasn't under the impression that

mitch "backed the coup".. at some point before the Deadly Terrorist Attack on the Capitol.. and after the Dems were elected as Senators in Georgia .. he was quoted as saying he "..would Never speak to trump again."

I took that to mean he blamed trump for Losing Georgia & the Senate.. "

Also, mitch was pissed at trump's phone call to GA AG Raffensperger.

Course that could be wrong including the timeline.

I hope mitch is as BAD as a Minority leader as he is at trying to convince anyone he didn't know what kind of Lying Murderous POS the Traitor is.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

10. "What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?"

Well, I guess they got that answered quite thoroughly.

I suppose they were just humoring him through almost a year of mismanagement of our response to the pandemic but they don't seem enthused about apologizing for that massive deadly sin.

Universal Fact No. 1: Republicans cannot govern.

Universal Fact No. 2: Mitch McConnell is a cold-hearted self-serving plutocratic asshole.

KY

[uponit7771]

12. Moscow Mitch is floating these ideas to the media like Trump does to sanitize his image

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. Poor, poor naive Mitchie, duped by Despicable Don and his minions.

The most brilliant political jeaniuses of this, or any other, century. Yup. Yup yup.

[Blue Owl]

14. The Tortoise and the Hairbrain

[demosincebirth]

15. Sure he did. 🥱

[C_U_L8R]

16. McConnell was happy and willing to support insurrection

until Trump fucked it up and failed.