McConnell endorses Trump after years of acrimony between the two men

[Zorro]

Source: Washington Post

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday after years of acrimony between the two men, cementing Trump’s continued hold on the Republican Party.

“It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States,” McConnell said in a statement to The Washington Post. “It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support. During his presidency, we worked together to accomplish great things for the American people including tax reform that supercharged our economy and a generational change of our federal judiciary — most importantly, the Supreme Court. I look forward to the opportunity of switching from playing defense against the terrible policies the Biden administration has pursued to a sustained offense geared towards making a real difference in improving the lives of the American people.”

McConnell — who has announced he will step down from his leadership role in November — is one of the most influential Washington Republican to back Trump, and the endorsement was a remarkable if expected move from the Kentucky Republican. He has held out in recent weeks as other Republicans have lined up to back Trump, including many who wanted a different nominee, and his endorsement means almost every powerful cog in the Republican apparatus is directly behind the former president.

The endorsement also comes as former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley announced Wednesday morning she was suspending her campaign, leaving Trump with no major opponents left.

Read more: https://wapo.st/48DwuX3

[Ocelot II]

1. Of course he did.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. May McTurtle's soul suffer in the eternal fires of the Underworld.

Fitting place doncha think?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Was just about to post

Mitch McConnell endorses Donald Trump in 2024 race: 'He will have my support'

March 6, 2024, 10:32 AM


Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race.

"It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States," McConnell said in a statement Wednesday, just after Nikki Haley exited the race.

"It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support," McConnell added. "During his Presidency, we worked together to accomplish great things for the American people including tax reform that supercharged our economy and a generational change of our federal judiciary - most importantly, the Supreme Court."

"I look forward to the opportunity of switching from playing defense against the terrible policies the Biden administration has pursued to a sustained offense geared towards making a real difference in improving the lives of the American people."

(snip)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mitch-mcconnell-endorses-donald-trump-2024-race-support/story?id=107845418

Was there ever any doubt? MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. No doubt in my mind he didn't do it willingly.

[PatSeg]

17. My thoughts as well

McConnell hates Trump and knows he would be a disaster as president. Couldn't he have just sat down and kept his mouth shut? It must be hard on one's health to lie all the time.

[TwilightZone]

5. McConnell has always put party over everything.

So this is no surprise. He will always support the nominee, regardless of how abhorrent that nominee is.

In that, he's not alone. I think we frequently underestimate just how many Republicans feel the same way. Many detest Trump and will vote for him anyway, because they still believe any R is better than any D.

[PSPS]

13. They just do this to avoid losing their next primary

If anything, this displays how small the republican base has become. It's all MAGA and billionaires. In a way, this reveals the weakness of trump in a general election.

[TwilightZone]

16. It's also more than that.

It's also about political power and the ends justifying the means. Their only current option to regain the presidency is Donald Trump, so they will act accordingly. Their power as a party is almost always more important to them than the abhorrent nature of their nominee. Of course, keeping their jobs is also an important factor.

In the end, he's just a tool to get what they want. McConnell unfortunately used him quite skillfully for that purpose. Trump will eventually fade away, go to prison, or die. McConnell's infiltration of the judiciary with Trump as the key will have ramifications for decades.

[2naSalit]

6. Because...

He's been the head traitor all along.

Fuck him all the way to his kingdom come.

[cilla4progress]

7. Profiles in Cowardice.

In the barrel we go...

SMDH...

[LakeArenal]

8. Mind numbed deplorable supports delusional senile deplorable

No surprise there.

[Itchinjim]

9. Spineless slug.

What a worm.

[Traildogbob]

15. Absolutely

He is not a Turtle, they have a spine. He IS a slug in a shell. I will dance when he is called home, to hell. And his traitorous ass should NEVER lay in state in our house. He has done more to kill democracy than any country we have ever been at war with.
ALso, you can bet Trump has informed on his wife’s criminality while serving in his regime.

[lastlib]

27. Another jellyfish--

spineless, brainless, toxic, floats with the currents, and feeds from the bottom.

[bluestarone]

10. Well, like many said here, many times

Gonna be a LONG YEAR!

[PSPS]

11. Purely self-serving. He still wants to keep his seat and would be primaried if he didn't do this.

[Paladin]

12. Mitch McConnell, man of principle.

trump could piss in McConnell's mouth, and McConnell would still gargle his allegiance...

[William Seger]

14. Party over country? Mitch!? Shocking!!!

[GreenWave]

18. He came out of his shell.

[Rebl2]

19. What a fool

[FarPoint]

20. No surprise to me....

He has always supported tRump...evidence is look at the Supreme Court for starters.

[Mysterian]

21. Did anyone expect anything different from this stinking, traitorous coward?

Not me.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

22. Thoroughly rotten, deceitful character. nt

[republianmushroom]

23. McConnell showing his true colors, "orange".

[Evolve Dammit]

24. I think it is all about fear for his life and wife. Even the Supremes are afraid of the rabid base.

[patphil]

25. Wow! I didn't see that coming.

McConnell was, is, and shall ever be a self-serving political opportunist.

[agingdem]

26. who cares if he endorsed Trump..

Mitch is a rancid piece of decaying flesh.....

[Blue Owl]

28. Fill up his shell with Donny's diarrhea and let him drown in it

[bucolic_frolic]

29. Turtle or TSF?

Who's standing after election day?

[Freethinker65]

30. Would have preferred he fade away after his resigning announcement, but

the endorsement the day after Trump's Super Tuesday won't get the media play it would have doing it later when Trump inevitably has a major fuck up and/or Biden has success. Get it out of the way.

McConnell was never going to endorse Biden, and if he had, many on the fringe left would be screaming "see, there is no difference between the two Parties! Why bother voting, or use your vote as a protest vote.".

[CousinIT]

31. Denying women healthcare; subjecting them to reproductive slavery as livestock

is NOT...and I repeat NOT "improving the lives of the American people.”

It's making life for at least HALF of the US population worse. MUCH worse.

[twodogsbarking]

32. He would do anything for Trump, but he wouldn't do that. That, being, tell the truth.

[Turbineguy]

33. Not being satisfied with breaking the Senate....

He endorses trump.

[wiggs]

34. Reminder: He knew Trump would win in 2016 a year ahead of the election. Held open a scotus seat. My

guess is that it wasn't a vague hunch. nt

[Bristlecone]

35. May he continue to rapidly deteriorate before our eyes

His stench of sulphur to get stronger by the day.

[Gore1FL]

36. He had so many chances to stop Trump. He never did. Pretty weak guy. nt

[FakeNoose]

37. Mitch sold his soul to Chump YEARS AGO ... why hold back now?

He's just playing this up for the rubes in the cheap seats.

[EndlessWire]

38. It never fails to amaze me

how some men don't stand up for their spouse, after Trump calls them names and disparages them. The one thing you do in life, that should mean something even if you are personally at odds with your partner, is that vow to support your spouse. These men do not have their wife's back. They let Trump piss on them. They may be jockeying, playing politics, but that's unforgiveable. They let the disgusting rapist have at their wives. What is wrong with them??

[SalamanderSleeps]

39. Gutless former Titan of the U.S. Senate spirals into a perfect example of self-mutilation and submission.

The GOP has now become a zombie punching itself in the crotch.

R.I.P. Moscow Mitch.

[cab67]

40. He just doesn't want the work he put in to stacking the courts undone.

[CloudWatcher]

41. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the death of his sister-in-law

I'm sure this is not related. I'm not some conspiracy nut .... right??

A criminal investigation has been opened into the death of Angela Chao, a shipping chief executive and sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who died in a car accident last month.

Chao, the CEO of her family's global shipping company Foremost Group, was found dead shortly after midnight on February 11 after she was submerged in a vehicle that had driven into a pond on a private ranch in central Texas. She was 50 years old.

According to CNBC, the Blanco County Sheriff's Office wrote in a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday that it was investigating Chao's death as a "criminal matter," adding that the "incident was not a typical accident." Law enforcement had originally ruled her death as an "unfortunate accident."

https://www.newsweek.com/who-angela-chao-criminal-probe-mitch-mcconnell-sister-laws-death-1875332

[SouthernDem4ever]

42. Jesus Christ what an asshole

McConnell, Dump and the term "great things" should not even exist in the same narrative.

[malthaussen]

43. Party over country, as always.

This is not news.

-- Mal

[Enquiring_Mind]

44. I'll remember him most as denying President Obama a SCOTUS nomination

and manipulating the judiciary confirmations in general. Won't miss the old bastard.

[onecaliberal]

45. Karma cannot come fast enough.

[orangecrush]

46. His legacy

Will be the death of Democracy.