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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,212 posts)
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 02:27 PM Nov 2021

McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from inauguration, new book says

Shortly after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell did something extraordinary: He decided to disinvite Donald Trump from President Joe Biden's upcoming inauguration because he was worried Trump could use the occasion to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, according to a new book by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.

Karl's book, "Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show," details how after the Capitol attack, McConnell told aides he wanted the top Congressional leaders to draft a letter telling the then-sitting president that he was not welcome to attend the inauguration.

The events eventually prompted Trump to send off what would be his final tweet before being banned by the social media platform, according to "Betrayal," set to be released on Nov. 16.

"McConnell felt he could not give Trump another opportunity to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power," Karl writes in the new book. "McConnell wanted to get a letter together from the top four congressional leaders informing Trump that he had been disinvited."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-sought-to-disinvite-trump-from-inauguration-new-book-says/ar-AAQIDv8

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McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from inauguration, new book says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP
And they seriously would tell their electorate to vote for him again....? PCIntern Nov 2021 #1
I don't believe you for one second, mitch. spanone Nov 2021 #2
"I don't believe you for one second, mitch." Botany Nov 2021 #4
We know the noose is tightening on these traitors C_U_L8R Nov 2021 #3
And yet he voted to acquit TFG Retrograde Nov 2021 #5

Botany

(70,587 posts)
4. "I don't believe you for one second, mitch."
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 02:59 PM
Nov 2021

This is the same Mitch who was told of Russia's interference in the 2016 election in order to
help TFG by US intelligence and members of the Obama administration worked to keep that
information hidden?

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)
3. We know the noose is tightening on these traitors
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 02:56 PM
Nov 2021

because they are all in PR crisis-mode, desperate to rebrand their narratives.

Retrograde

(10,158 posts)
5. And yet he voted to acquit TFG
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 04:48 PM
Nov 2021

at his second impeachment trial. The Turtle sure knows how to take a stand when no one knows about it and he'll suffer no consequences.

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