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Republicans Seek Truce Between Trump and McConnell
April 12, 2021 at 9:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 62 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/12/republicans-seek-truce-between-trump-and-mcconnell/
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Donald Trump and Mitch McConnells relationship simply cant go on like this for Senate Republicans, Politico reports.
Though the Senate GOP is tantalizingly close to retaking the majority next year and largely united in opposition to President Joe Bidens agenda, the ongoing feud between the former president and the Senate minority leader has decayed to an entirely untenable place. Trumps insult-laden diatribe against McConnell this weekend signals that the GOP could splinter badly in primaries next year and raises the question of whether McConnell and Trump can work together at all.
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GP6971
(31,141 posts)Trump is too vindictive.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)a vile ex-president is becoming a powerless piece of shit, it may be worthwhile to side with him.
Meanwhile, we can enjoy the free show.
elleng
(130,865 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,083 posts)Mitch is clearly independent of Trump and not his sycophant. At least now that Trump can't do anything for him like more tax cuts.