McConnell says 'MAGA movement is completely wrong' and Reagan 'wouldn't recognize' Trump's GOP
Source: CNN Politics
Updated 8:42 PM EDT, Wed October 23, 2024
CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the MAGA movement is completely wrong and that Ronald Reagan wouldnt recognize the party today.
I think Trump was the biggest factor in changing the Republican Party from what Ronald Reagan viewed and he wouldnt recognize today, McConnell told the Associated Press Michael Tackett for the upcoming biography The Price of Power obtained by CNN ahead of its release.
McConnell added that the former president has done a lot of damage to our partys image and our ability to compete.
Trump is appealing to people who havent been as successful as other people and providing an excuse for that, that these more successful people have somehow been cheated, and you dont deserve to think of yourself as less successful because things havent been fair, he said. Some of McConnells strongest comments were focused on Trumps behavior after he lost the election in 2020, calling him erratic.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/mcconnell-trump-gop-new-book/index.html
He doesn't care. His evil work is done in allowing the rot of 45 to consume everything in this country, AND to infest the SCOTUS (and much of the current federal judiciary). He's stepping down from the leadership at the end of this current Congressional session and still has 2 years left for his term (and will probably not run again).
Lovie777
(15,002 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,822 posts)Thats all I need to know. Party over Country McConnell. The guy shit on McConnells, tries to overthrow the country but he will still vote for him. He must have lost his balls in the Republican Cloakroom.
Escurumbele
(3,615 posts)booth they will vote for Kamala Harris.
Why do I say this? A friend of mine lives in the same neighborhood as a Democratic politician, he knows her well, he has helped on her campaigns, etc. He was walking his dog, saw her and stopped to talk to her. He told her he could not understand how so many women seem to want to vote for trump, she explained what many of us have been feeling. Democrats are not voicing their choice of candidate, which is obviously Kamala Harris, one could say Democrats are in the political closet because most are being cautious of the violence from the MAGA crowd, and it is the same with many women, their husbands are MAGAts, they don't want conflict, but once they are in the voting booth they will cast their vote for Harris/Walz, she told him she knows a lot of women who have expressed that feeling to her in private.
I have always been an optimist, I became a realist in 2016, I felt the buffoon was going to win, he won and I became the optimist back after that, and this time around I am very optimistic, I feel Kamala Harris will not only win, but I feel she is going to crash it. We are going to get rid of a lot of the republican filth in both houses, and we will have the 1st woman President.
dutch777
(3,456 posts)BlueKota
(3,643 posts)he is still willing to vote for him. Not to mention Reagan was a fucking selfish asshole as well.
Joinfortmill
(16,388 posts)Macrophylla
(109 posts)Mitch will STILL vote for him because of the "team"
His words are worthless he is an enabler, he is an apologist for all of it.
2naSalit
(92,675 posts)Your words carry the same value and weight as the substance that fills donOLD's diapers.
malaise
(278,051 posts)You had the chance to impeach the CONvicted felon.
Shove your book up you know where
Jirel
(2,259 posts)He had so many chances to speak and make a difference, but once again he is speaking up too little, too late, when it will not matter.
eppur_se_muova
(37,397 posts){scenes of desolation and ruin}
mzmolly
(51,601 posts)POS.
Ellipsis
(9,183 posts)duncang
(3,595 posts)He didnt vote for impeachment. He still supports those who helped push the lie. Cruz, Hawley, etc. were all part of it. Are they getting support from his pac? Has he said anything about those who were in the plot?
Scrivener7
(52,738 posts)Aristus
(68,328 posts)Now if only McConnell could die while pursuing Trump into the Arctic
Hugin
(34,574 posts)Says he should have used a different monster. Refuses to buy it after he broke it.
Walleye
(35,663 posts)UpInArms
(51,797 posts)He has been a water carrying maggot for far too many years
BattleRow
(1,195 posts)Botany
(72,476 posts)
to hide it and after Jan. 6th he let Trump walk and voted not to impeach him for it along
with packing the Supreme Court with shits. Just go off and die Mitch but only after you
publicly endorse Harris.
Gore1FL
(21,884 posts)This is the trajectory Reagan placed the GOP.
Farmer-Rick
(11,400 posts)Starting with their dementia, lies and racism.
Seinan Sensei
(697 posts)Geez Mitch. You singlehandedly put Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court.
That's kinda like shitting on the rug, then complaining that the room stinks.
Trump couldn't be Trump without you, big guy.
You are the wind beneath his wings tentacles
Baitball Blogger
(48,032 posts)Trump succeeded because he appealed to the extremist in the party. i.e. The Heritage Foundation and all the organizations that appealed to the Evangelicals and their extreme agenda. And you know who also delivered an important objective to their end? McConnell. What he did with the Supreme Court, denying Obama the chance to nominate a Supreme Court Justice is what put us on this horrible path.
FakeNoose
(35,666 posts)Raven123
(6,038 posts)Wont work. Most people dont care what he thinks. He made his Faustian bargain and bill is coming due.
BattleRow
(1,195 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)BattleRow
(1,195 posts)ancianita
(38,516 posts)Wednesdays
(20,313 posts)Crocodile: "Oh, I am so SORRY I ate that man!"
hatrack
(60,920 posts)How's that Russian-financed aluminum plant in Kentucky working out, Mitch?
And that Russian-financed presidential candidate?
Clouds Passing
(2,267 posts)Bev54
(11,917 posts)have stopped it in its tracks. But oh no, he was too beholden to the Federalist Society and Heritage foundation to get their RW judges in place. It is astounding how all these republicans like McConnell, Barr and so many more try to rewrite history in an effort to renovate their reputation.
BattleRow
(1,195 posts)Bluethroughu
(5,759 posts)They're gone, and we are here to clean up their mess!
He is nothing but another part of the problem.
ancianita
(38,516 posts)twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)Freethinker65
(11,134 posts)Worked great until those easily lead idiots eventually became such a majority of the party they were able to nominate enough non-critical thinking fearful candidates that actually believed the lies. Then the old GOP, instead of reassessing itself, went all in stupidly believing they could handle a few idiots in power as long as they could still set the legislative agenda and pack the courts. Perfect set up for an authoritarian asshole like Trump.
turbinetree
(25,267 posts)assholes..................you had TWO opportunities to deny this traitor the opportunity to run for office.............TWICE you and your fascist supporting party gave him a pass during impeachment hearings ...........so basically go pound f***ing sand.................f***ing hypocrite...........with your imagine of Reagan............another asshole that took down the middle class ..........really just go pound sand...................
Do you remember this Reagan saying ............dirt bag....."Government isn't the solution to the problem, the government is the problem."......and how ironic it is now .................do you think you are part of the government that created this problem.................... you were warned and you still put party over country with your double speak bullshit...............and your lackeys in the wings are just as bad..................
jaxexpat
(7,785 posts)Anything McConnell says that doesn't begin with, "I'm sorry", is a self serving "mis-statement".
CrispyQ
(38,244 posts)They should all have life time sentences of rotating duty changing Don's diaper.
BattleRow
(1,195 posts)Wild blueberry
(7,185 posts)Your "legacy" is Trump's, and history will be accurately unkind.
czarjak
(12,404 posts)The Donald was not guilty for the things he did, then he was guilty of the things he did, then he was not guilty again in the second impeachment of the things he did. Flip-Flopping POS!
relayerbob
(7,019 posts)All he needed to do twice was convict the bastard, and he would be ineligible to run and out of our hair. I actually despise McConnell more than Trump, because hes a hypocrite.
TBF
(34,294 posts)Reagan was an extremely talented conman, and he actually was bright and sophisticated (unlike Trump who has always been sort of slimy). Unfortunately, Reagan is also the one who really invited religion into the political sphere in a big way with Jerry Falwells "Moral Majority." It's been downhill since then. And it probably started earlier than that, but this is what has really stood out to me in my lifetime.
BattleRow
(1,195 posts)TBF
(34,294 posts)that DEFINITELY is an area where they would be identical. I was in high school when that happened and remembered it well (my dad was union - worked at a foundry in the midwest).
Ray Bruns
(4,599 posts)Wednesdays
(20,313 posts)You couldn't have said that, say, about nine years ago?
niyad
(119,898 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)niyad
(119,898 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(4,522 posts)A man without principle, perfectly willing to sacrifice the integrity of our institutions for the sake of partisan gain.
AKwannabe
(6,336 posts)He had Alzheimers and they allowed him to continue his Presidency.
Fuck OFF already Mcturtle!!!
kevink077
(466 posts)Who lost his spine or any credibility years ago (if he ever had it- that is)
MLAA
(18,598 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,986 posts)He, in large part, is responsible for creating the monster that is TSF. At this point he just needs to STFU and fade away. As soon as possible!
CaptainTruth
(7,213 posts)Speaking out now, after the damage is done, is the behavior of a coward.
trusty elf
(7,481 posts)ColoradoHoosier
(27 posts)...or a memoir. Perhaps then they will find the 'courage' (meaning book sales cash) to tell the truth.
alarimer
(16,575 posts)He's not the only reason, of course, but the guy who said "government was the problem" bears at least part of the blame.
BowlerBob
(42 posts)I thought Reagan was pseudo-fascist himself and saw the GOP decline (even lower than it was ) after him, year by year. Bush 2 and his crew masterfully pushed propaganda to push an unnecessary war and then things really got bad.
drmeow
(5,279 posts)of your own Dick "I'll shoot you in the face" Cheney - "Go f##k yourself." Dwight Eisenhower saw the fork you were starting down, Nixon continued to follow that fork, and Reagan continued to run down it as fast as he could. Reagan was no hero and you are among the worst scum who have walked this earth. I hope you die alone and in pain. You will go down in world history (if not American history) as one of the biggest traitors to democracy this country has seen.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,572 posts)Who on earth would want to buy a book full of weak tea and pasty biscuits? McConnell has the balls of a Ken Doll. He's been an amoral asshole all of his life, and when Trump came along and threatened him, Mitch shriveled up and went to his corner. He had ample opportunities to make a stand, and he failed every time. There's nothing to admire about him.
republianmushroom
(17,629 posts)The spine of a jelly fish.
WestMichRad
(1,809 posts)Now yr on his sh:t list. How does it feel to be an enemy of the state?
What a Friggin bag of manure.
sakabatou
(43,047 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,427 posts)My sister married a German. He complained he couldn't get a good bagel back home. I said, "Well, whose fault is that?"
andym
(5,683 posts)"The Kentucky Republican did not mince words, calling Trump a sleazeball, a narcissist and saying that the former president is stupid as well as being ill-tempered. He added that Trump is not very smart, irascible, nasty, just about every quality you would not want somebody to have."
". However, McConnell has endorsed Trump, and met with him back in June of this year during Trumps meeting with Senate Republicans off the Hill."
Almost unbelievable hypocrisy from McConnell.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,887 posts)malthaussen
(17,672 posts)You and your GOP stiffs have enabled this madman all along, don't come whining it isn't your fault now.
-- Mal
Martin68
(24,604 posts)I would venture to say that Ronald Reagan would not have approved of McConnell's anti-democratic Weaponization of the Senate. But I could be wrong.
JoseBalow
(5,143 posts)He's just repulsive.
4catsmom
(227 posts)don't give Trump all the credit
IbogaProject
(3,647 posts)Reagan was more polished and used coded covert racism but his main sell was to white agnst and it was a smooth journey from one to the other.
Aviation Pro
(13,452 posts)Lets see if you can grow a spine under that shell and announce your endorsement of Kamala Harris.
And dont you worry about a thing when the Democrats retain the Senate and grow it and Leader Schumer politely says, Fuck your filibuster.
generalbetrayus
(646 posts)BattleRow
(1,195 posts)Deep State Witch
(11,251 posts)In countless ways, including holding up Garland's nomination for SCOTUS.
RainCaster
(11,543 posts)Such a phoney-baloney poseur - he will gladly support TSF in every way. This is only to keep his name in the headlines.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(3,213 posts)iemanja
(54,768 posts)What does that say about McConnell.
Autumn
(46,293 posts)Where he has remained since that totally unexpected sentence occurred.
IzzaNuDay
(601 posts)You enabled this MAGA crap, starting when you blocked Pres. Obamas SCOTUS appointment. And enabled TSF. Go the F away into some hole.