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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell's two-step portends challenge for Biden and Schumer
5 hours ago - Politics & Policy
Glen Johnson
With his words and deeds, Mitch McConnell has shown how to retain power when you no longer hold it.
Why it matters: Perhaps the most powerful Senate leader since LBJ, McConnell sets the chambers agenda whether in the majority or, as he is now, the minority. This reality has huge consequences as President Biden pushes for coronavirus relief, confirmation of his nominees and legislation crucial to Democrats' popularity ahead of midterms.
The Kentucky Republican's survival instincts were on display Saturday at the end of Donald Trumps impeachment trial. McConnell previewed, then cast, his influential vote against convicting the former president only to deliver a blistering condemnation of Trump just after his acquittal, noting he can still be held accountable for his actions in civil or criminal courts.
McConnell's two-step allows him to maintain fidelity with the majority of the Republican caucus while trying to damage Trump's chances at a comeback, and claiming some moral high ground with the broader American electorate.
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McConnell's two-step portends challenge for Biden and Schumer (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2021
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The "moral high ground" for these people is not fucking their first cousin without a condom.
rzemanfl
Feb 2021
#1
Dear Mitch: I can't hear you because you're actions are speaking to loudly. n/t
CincyDem
Feb 2021
#3
rzemanfl
(29,569 posts)1. The "moral high ground" for these people is not fucking their first cousin without a condom.
What some crap.
Chainfire
(17,641 posts)2. Democrats should not support the sudden change of heart.
McConnell says what he says, but he did what he did.
CincyDem
(6,386 posts)3. Dear Mitch: I can't hear you because you're actions are speaking to loudly. n/t
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)4. Here's the musical version of his "speech"