What is the point of this speech?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Turtle, you voted to acquit!!!

ON EDIT- The Turtle is citing the January exception.

[mvd]

1. All that will be remembered is his vote to acquit

Coward!

[scarletwoman]

2. I know - like, wtf???

[dweller]

3. good question

I hope fatnixon gets him

✌🏻

[cwydro]

4. Unreal.

Trying to have it both ways.

[StarryNite]

5. Exactly

[lunatica]

6. His speech goes into the Congressional record

He’s got a legacy to protect you know.

[hatrack]

8. He does?

[lunatica]

17. LOL! He thinks he can fool future historians

He’s one of those like Al Capone who fed the homeless while murdering people so they’d think he was a good guy. It worked too.

[crickets]

19. Yep. It's a fig leaf for the party.

Historically, it will not be enough to cover their cowardice and lack of principle. Not even close.

[lunatica]

22. I agree

There’s just too much material to research now for historians. Thousands of hours of videos and hundreds of thousands of tweets. Moscow Mitch still lives and thinks he lives in the shadows of the last century.

[Danmark]

7. Exactly what is the point?

You voted not guilty you Schmuck!

[ecstatic]

9. I guess to rub it in our faces. That he knows trump is guilty, but

voted to acquit anyway. Fucking asshole.

[Lars39]

10. Plausible deniability for his refusal to get the votes to find Trump guilty

[JHB]

11. Possibly setting up a censure vote to have it both ways?

[Mike 03]

13. Maybe. Can they prohibit him from holding elected office ever again?

[Mike 03]

12. I don't know either, but I hope to god it is being shown on Fox, OAN and

Newsmax.

[DesertRat]

14. He wants it both ways

I don't know who is more evil, Mitch or the disgraced, twice impeached scumbag.

[mvd]

16. The Turtle could have had the trial..

when Dump was in office but would not. He would have never voted to convict.

[lindysalsagal]

15. Borderline plausible deniability.

"Not my job" defence.

[EndlessWire]

18. PARTY OVER COUNTRY

Always and forever by the Fascist Party. They have cemented the January free shot at our Democracy.

This single impeachment attempt will probably lead to Civil War at some time in the future. They will never impeach or hold accountable any Repub.

Donald Trump is a horrible creature. And so is Moscow Mitch.

[redstatebluegirl]

20. Bringing the GOP donors back to the fold.

[Wounded Bear]

21. Moscow Mitch's legacy...

Link to tweet

Mitch McConnell will always be known as the man who delayed Trump's trial until after he left office and then voted to acquit on the grounds that Trump couldn't be tried after he left office.

[crickets]

23. Bingo. nt

[myohmy2]

24. point?

...there is no point, the devil made him do it...

...if you can't have things both ways, what's the point of being an alpha turtle?

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