McConnell's duplicitous legacy

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 2m
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.

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[malaise]

1. Trump and McConnell are

evil fucks

That is all.

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2. yep

...both really transparent con artists, with a nation full of rubes.

[Irish_Dem]

3. +1

[crickets]

4. True.

McConnell thinks he got away with it. He's wrong. History will not be kind.

[Midnight Writer]

5. This tops the time McConnell filibustered his own bill because too many Democrats supported it.

Something we should all remember next time we hear the call for unity.

[Celerity]

6. Mitch McConnell's amazing filibuster of his own bill

https://theweek.com/articles/469675/mitch-mcconnells-amazing-filibuster-bill

[Tom Rinaldo]

7. The man is cunning. He left himsef an eye of a needle to squeeze through

He implied that if Democrats could have impeached Trump about a week earlier than they did, he would have allowed a trial to convene. The fig leaf he chose to stand on is that it is not enough to impeach a President while he is still in office, that it is not enough to begin a Senate trial while a President is still in office, but that the Senate must be able to finish a Senate trial while a President is still in office, because as soon as the President's term in office expires the trail proceedings immediately become null and void because s/he is no longer subject to removal. He made the case that the House did not provide sufficient time, after impeachment, to conduct a Senate trial even had one begun while Trump was still in office, hence he did not convene the Senate.

Do I believe he actually believes what he said? No.