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[–] 266 points 2 years ago (2 children)

McConnell's entire legacy can be summed up in one cowardly act: After Donald Trump whipped up a mob to attack our Capitol, threatening to kill the Speaker of the House and the Vice President, in an attempt to overturn a presidential election, he condemned Trump.

“Former President Trump’s actions that preceded the riot were a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty,” McConnell said. “Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.”

But McConnell voted to acquit him of insurrection, allowing him to run for president again.

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  • [–] [S] 146 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That and denying a Supreme Court nominee a hearing. He's totally OK violating the Constitution.

    "he (the President) shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for"

    Although given how Garland turned out at DOJ, we may have dodged a bullet there.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Garland was a compromise pick by obama. He was the most centrist republican that obama could find to try and get him appointed. He just wasn't a federalist society whack job.

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  • [+] 147 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
    [–] 106 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Fuck this asshole. Few people have done as much damage as he has and the worst part is we’re only going to get someone worse.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    It can't get worse. He found the bottom and decided to go deeper. Nobody can replace his level of destruction of the United States. It will take a genuine master class asshole to come close.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think that you are correct here. He comes from an old school way of looking at the world, pre-Boomer, which was really a lot of "I get mine and it's ok if I take yours to get it". These people built out the country to exclude minorities and take away power from women. His replacement will certainly be much younger and have a completely different viewpoint on the world.

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    [–] 82 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I haven’t voiced this before, but after seeing him and his actions for the last 10-15 years… I’ve grown to literally hate him. That smug turtle faced prick. I hate him so much. He’s done so much damage to America. He stalled us on decades of progress. He’s a piece of shit that deserves his shitty health and to rot in hell.

    I’m sorry if that’s harsh to say about another human being, but, he is one who truly does not care about anyone but himself and to ‘stick it’ to everyone else who isn’t on his side. He’s truly an evil man.

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    [–] 70 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He must be on deaths door bc there ain’t now way otherwise he’d ever do this

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He says that the recent death of a close family member caused him to re-evaluate priorities, I can get on board with that.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Believe it or not, McConnell's home state of Kentucky currently has a Democratic governor, so if McConnell vacated his seat, the governor would appoint a Democrat to fill it until a special election could be held. No way in hell a guy like Mitch would allow something like that to happen while he's still drawing breath.

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  • [–] 61 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Goodbye you cowardly worthless skin sack full of excrement! May you stub the same toe on every corner.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago

    This guy was great in Pans Labyrinth!

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    fuck him. he should resign from the senate completely.

    sincerely, lifetime kentucky resident

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    [–] 42 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I absolutely DESPISED Kissinger, and with excellent reason. I don't think I have ever loathed a public figure personally and to that extent before or since.

    But McConnell is rising to that mark, and at least for all his crimes against humanity Kissinger wasn't a traitor for foreign pay against his adopted homeland.

    Mitch McConnell, on the other hand, is a coward who sold his own soul and his own country for wealth and power, and ultimately the holder of his notes has ended up being Vladimir Putin.

    Piece of shit. I have nothing but contempt for what he has done to this nation.

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    [–] 38 points 2 years ago

    Does he know he's stepping down? Has anybody told his nurse to give him the message?

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago* (10 children)

    Good riddance. I'm sure his successor with be much worse, but I'll welcome this news for now.

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    I wish his time left in this life is full of heartache and despair. Fuck You Mitch.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    Don't let the door hit your ass on the w-- actually scratch that, I hope the door hits you so hard on the way out that you spend the remainder of miserable life managing broken ass related complications.

    People like you make me wish hell was real.

    Fucking traitor.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Isn't this the guy who literally froze during a press conference? He looked so lost, like he escaped from an elderly home just to hold the conference

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    A pinnacle of how flawed the American government is, 39 years in our government thus far. 2 senators per state with no term limits and I still hear people argue that the senate serves a good purpose.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Favorite quote from his speech:

    "I turned 82 last week. The end of my contributions is closer than I would prefer."

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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Don't let the door hit your shell on the way out.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Whoever replaces him will be even more of a Trump enabler.

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Thank you for your service in completely fucking up this country, Mitch.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This guy looks like one of those weird little things in Ursula’s garden from The Little Mermaid. Who’d he sell his soul to?

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Rot in hell.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    McConnell should be seen as a superhero for the republicans. He got more done for the party than pretty much any past republican senate leader. He fucking got them 2 supreme court justices by his fuckery. He played senate democrats like a fiddle and got SO MUCH compromise out of them while pretty much never returning the favor. For fucks sake, I think Biden STILL views McConnell as a friend.

    Yet he went against god king trump so now they hate him. Republicans are dumb as shit.

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Adios Moscow Mitch!

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    So stepping down as party leader in Senate, but not from the Senate? Ugh...

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I very much look forward to reading his obituary.

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago*

    I'm sure this has nothing to do with his

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    Ok.

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