Posted on 02/07/2024 12:49:27 PM PST by conservative98
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Cruz has also noted that McConnell lost the Senate leadership because of his own funding shenanigans in the last election and seems content to be the House Minority Leader, ensconced in enough power to be happy and untouchable on corruption matters, which is a possibility for someone in power as long as he has been.
Top it off with McConnell's increasing numbers of "senior moments" to match Joe Biden's, and it's pretty clear this guy should have been put out to pasture a long time ago.
That it took this border bill to bring these matters to a head tells us a lot about the incandescent nature of illegal immigration as a voter issue and the extent of McConnell's failure to drive the hard bargain with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer he should have driven and was in place to drive -- but didn't.
He seems to know something is happening that may drive him from power, given his U-turn on the border bill.
Yet according to Fox, McConnell remains the lackadaisical turtle he always has been whenever calls for this resignation come up.
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He'll no doubt be asked a lot about the smoldering fire in his ranks until his leadership self-immolates. Election time, though, is coming and the GOP doesn't want a repeat of 2022. That means getting him the heck out of there. One hopes the old turtle won't know what hit him, but he's too wily-smart for that and will manuever with every trick he has to keep himself ensconced in power.
It's too bad he didn't use such skills on the border bill instead of the GOP. But that's why the calls for his resignation get louder by the day now. He should get out while the getting's good.
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Flush the turd.
Now.
Next time he freezes up, just let him stay there and walk away.............................
Mitch, you lost it, about two decades ago, or more.
He never had it.
Should have pushed him out when this black-stare happened
Just ridiculous these old bags of corrupted alcohol soaked empty suits continue to run our country and run it into the ground. #Age#limits# #term#limits#now#
Term Limits and after Trump’s second Term age limits ,LOL
Yeah.
Waaay past time to ditch Mitch.
The congress now runs like the old Soviet poliburo.The old fossils are meat puppet seat fillers that are unaccountable and care less.
Clearly there is a potential now to build enough momentum to get Mitch out. We just need another 4-5 senators to get vocal and he’s done.
GET HIM OUT!
The point of the poison bill was so that they could decouple border bills from a single funding ukraine commitment.
This was a poison bill to get past some logjam promise that people wanting to fund Ukraine put in there.
F...we have 80 year old people....that are obviously feeble and not f’n....leading our country!!!!!!
And who will replace him?
We got rid of Speaker Mccarthy, but already some on Free Republic are angry at Speaker Johnson. So getting rid of someone doesn’t mean the replacement will be a stronger more conservative leader.
Seems there are three possible explanations for McConnell’s behavior, none mutually exclusive of any other.
1. He’s senile.
2. He was betrayed by his staff.
3. He ws rolled by Chuck Schumer.
All of them say he should not be leading anyone anywhere except maybe the parade of walkers to dinner at the rest home.
unfortunately, there is a line of GOPe weasels more than willing to assume the bent over the table positions for Chuck the schmuck
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