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Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 05:58 PM Sep 2014

Donald Trump Endorses Mitch McConnell for the Wrong Job

http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/09/donald-trump-endorses-mitch-mcconnell-for-the-wrong-job/380602/

Billionaire, reality star, and perennial possible candidate for a series of political jobs Donald J. Trump isn't quite sure how congressional leadership works, but he definitely thinks Sen. Mitch McConnell should be in charge of something.

Trump dipped his toes into the close Senate race in Kentucky between incumbent McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. The problem is, he nominated McConnell for a job he probably doesn't want — speaker of the House:





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gordianot

(15,237 posts)
2. Maybe there is a good back up plan for Mitch McConnell
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 06:14 PM
Sep 2014

Especially if he loses his Senate seat. You do not have to be a Representative to become speaker of the house.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
3. That's why he may or may not share a common ancestry with an orangutan.
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 06:16 PM
Sep 2014

He definitely has the IQ of one!

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
4. Well in fairness, can't expect a GOPuker like Frump to have too many braincells left.
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 06:16 PM
Sep 2014

Seems like the GOP shares 5 or 6 total among the entire party.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
12. A short time later, Trump went in to the executive rest room, looked himself in the mirror and said
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 10:27 PM
Sep 2014

. . . "I can't believe you said something that freakin' stupid . . . you're fired!"

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