That Senate vote was hard to swallow, with 43 Republicans voting for Trump’s acquittal for the insurrection on his behalf by people waving his flag. Even more gag-worthy was Senator Mitch McConnell’s speech afterwards – blaming Trump for the wannabe coup minutes after the vote to let him go.
“The most painful statements for me were from Mitch McConnell, Rob Portmans and Marco Rubios after they voted to acquit Donald Trump, practically saying, ‘Well, you know, the whole coup was kind of bad and I wish you wouldn’t have tried to do it. And I wish a cop didn’t die. And you know, he made some bad choices. But you know, I had no choice, “said Tim Miller, general writer Bastion, tells Molly Jong-Fast about the latest edition of The New Abnormal.
But, of course, McConnell and his crew made you have a choice. The chamber indicted Trump on January 13. The Senate has decided to take a vacation, rather than take action immediately. And once the holidays are over and Biden has taken the oath, they have decided against any reason and precedent that a former official like Trump cannot be convicted.
“For Mitch McConnell to say, ‘I really wanted to do this, but …’ The only reason you didn’t do it was because of you. She’s angry. Give me a hundred [militia-friendly Rep.] Lauren Boberts – who are too stupid to know it was bad, or Ted Cruzes – who are sociopaths – over Mitch McConnell, trying to try to tell me he has some feelings about it. Give me a break, ”says Tim.
Also on the show: Rep. Andy Kim tells Molly what it’s like to be a Democrat in a Trumpy district. Molly provides an update on the Lincoln project. And Tim keeps coming in on McConnell.
“I know a lot of listeners will think that Mitch McConnell has no soul at all, and that’s understandable. But he actually has a flicker. You know he loves the Senate, ”Tim added. “And he wanted to be able to move this in his weird way with Mitch McConnell. And that’s what actually makes it worse … Don’t try to remind me. You had the opportunity to do something you didn’t do. You made the lustful move. You joined the insurgents. “
Miller says: “Basically, what we saw on Saturday was a Republican party that had a chance – after five years of crazy cowards who rolled for Donald Trump with every chance – finally managed to put the stakes in his heart and say: We no longer need you. We do not tolerate this. And we want to move on, even because it takes a little pain. And 43 of them said … “nah.” ”
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