Trump attacks McConnell after he criticizes RNC censure of two House Republicans probing Jan. 6

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Washington Post

Former president Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), saying he did not speak for most GOP voters when he criticized the Republican National Committee for censuring two House Republicans investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

“Mitch McConnell does not speak for the Republican Party, and does not represent the views of the vast majority of its voters,” Trump said in a statement issued through his Save America PAC. “He did nothing to fight for his constituents and stop the most fraudulent election in American history.”

Trump’s statement, in which he continued to repeat false claims about election fraud, came a day after McConnell became the highest-ranking Republican elected official to criticize the RNC for the resolution censuring Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for serving on the House panel investigating attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

Pushing back against language in the RNC resolution that described the committee’s work as “a persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse,” McConnell described the attack as a “violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/09/trump-attacks-mcconnell-after-he-criticizes-rnc-censure/

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[Turbineguy]

1. Good.

Keep at it.

[agingdem]

9. oh yes!

I want McConnell and Trump, two loathsome pus pockets, to cut each other to pieces..great theater!!!

[ificandream]

2. The Orange Baboon has the least scruples of any man on the face of the earth.

[C_U_L8R]

3. The Trump conspiracy is still in progress

Only justice can stop this crime spree

[Dan]

4. I do hope that TFG uses this defense in Court when they charge him with Sedition, and other federal/

state charges.

Plus, I hope that the Trial in on public television - so the whole damn world can see how stupid he is, in addition to being criminal.

Then, and maybe then, his voters can see what suckers they were for believing and voting for a man that they would not babysit their pets.

[DanieRains]

5. Go To Jail Asshole

Where you belonged 50 years ago.

Possibly 60 years ago.

[WA-03 Democrat]

6. REPUBLICANS IN DISARRAY

And hopefully indictments as well

[GB_RN]

7. I Love The Smell Of...

A GOPQ civil war in the morning! 😂

[maxsolomon]

8. TFG wanted a fight, McConnell took the bait.

Mitch had to know he was doing it.

[CincyDem]

10. For all McConnell's shortcomings as a human being...he's a political animal who knows how to...

...read the room. If he's dumping the orange man, it's because he knows the real power in the RNC supports his decisions. There's no wy he's taking on Trump just on principle. His calculation is that he wins more than he loses in this round.

[Skittles]

12. the hacked SC has the GOP's back, too

Trump has served his purpose.

[Gore1FL]

22. I agree.

I hope there is a lot of metaphoric blood on both sides of their intra-party struggle for the GOP's soullessness before it is all done.

[Skittles]

11. FACE IT, TRUMP

AFTER YOU TRASHED THE SUPREME COURT WITH CONSERVATIVE HACKS, McCONNELL NO LONGER NEEDS YOU.....SUCK IT UP, BUTTERCUP

[oldsoftie]

20. And even THEY have ruled against him numerous times. nt

[oldsoftie]

21. And even THEY have ruled against him numerous times! nt

[MontanaMama]

13. Fight fight fight!!

They're all so horrible, aren't they?

[patphil]

14. I love the way Trump thinks he's the voice of the Republican party.

He's a facist, not a Republican. His people have co-opted the Republican party, and essentially destroyed it.
What we have now is a facist mess that pretends to be Republican.
Please don't misconstrue my words as a defense of Republicanism, it's simply an observation of the current state of affairs on the conservative side of politics.
McConnell is assuredly an asshole of the highest rank, but he's not facist. He is one of the leading voice of what passes for conservatism in this nation today, as sad as that may be.
And Cheney and Kinzinger are among the few traditional Republicans with the courage to stand up for what their party used to be.
The difference between them and McConnell is not all that much. McConnell is more of a political opportunist; fully dedicated to being the one who decides the direction of the Senate.
He only opposes Trump because he knows he would no longer run the Senate if they win in 2022.
Trump hates McConnell for the same reason McConnell hates Trump. Each one sees the other as an obstacle to power.
I see them both as an obstacle to the continuation of the Democratic Republic that has endured for well over 200 years.

Neither one can lead this country forward, they can only drag it down farther into the abyss that is the current state of what goes for Republican politics in the nation today.

[CanonRay]

16. Until very recently he has been the voice of the Republicans

[Gore1FL]

23. His political support erosion aside, I am not convinced he isn't, still, the voice of the GOP.

He's waning, but I think he'll have to help ruin 2022 for the Republicans before his voice is quieted enough when someone else can truly be heard and listened too.

The question for me is, "will the new voice know where they fucked up in their coup attempt, or that they fucked up by having a coup attempt in the first place?" I feel a lot depends on that answer.

[Walleye]

15. I hope the media starts to smell a little blood in the water

[Journeyman]

17. Skunk fight! It ain't purty, and no one comes out smelling well, but eew . . .

it do stink up the place.

Go at it, you worthless pukes. Crash & burn all your hopes and dreams for ’22, then go at it again in continual recriminations ahead of ’24.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. True, Mitch didn't fight for his constituents but he did pack SCOTUS because he was the point man

These two argue apples and oranges in public but are on the same side in smoke-filled rooms.

[yaesu]

19. Wait, let me get the popcorn ready

[Zambero]

24. Circular firing squad

Ready, Aim....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. Food fight!!!!!!!!!!!!

[COL Mustard]

26. The crazy, it burns

The stupid is strong in TFG.

[lees1975]

27. This just gets better and better

Trump is going to help Democrats win their biggest midterm victory ever.

[monkeyman1]

28. trump don't want to piss off RONA & rnc , their paying trump's legal bill's !!