WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the first time publicly cast blame on President Trump forearlier this month as he moved to try to preserve Republican sway in the Senate on the final day of the party’s majority status.
“The mob was fed lies,” Mr. McConnell said on the Senate floor Tuesday. “They were provoked by the president and other powerful people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like.” Mr. McConnell’s rebuke followed an earlier statement that he is considering whether to vote to convict Mr. Trump, which will take place after he leaves office and Democrats take effective control of the body, with 50 senators and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris breaking any ties to their advantage. At Mr. Trump’s first impeachment trial last year, Mr. McConnell took pains to corral all 53 Republican senators into voting against a conviction and succeeded with all but one of them, Sen.
As that new balance takes effect with the seating of the two new Democratic senators from Georgia, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Mr. McConnell on Tuesday underscored his effort to preserve, a longstanding rule that empowers the minority party to block most bills before the Senate. The rule requires that three-fifths of all senators—usually 60—vote to proceed before a bill can be brought to the floor for a vote. There is momentum among Democratic lawmakers and progressive activists, equal to the simple majority needed to pass a bill. That would enable Democrats to pass many of President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda items without Republican support.
Politics is not an ethical profession. McConnell has shown he has no ethics and is still part of the Republican elite where power is their focus and the American people get pushed to the side. It is time for his state to recall him
70% OF ALL CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND THE PRESIDENT ARE OWNED BY THE MURDEROUS THUGS AT THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY! REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS LARGEST CRIME SYNDICATE KNOWN TO MODERN man, have gotten rich ILLEGALLY taking money from the pharmaceutical industry, insurance BIG OIL .
WSJ as GOP enabler. Time this ‘newspaper’ pursues a campaign of telling the truth. GOP is fully responsible for the destruction of democratic norms, certainly over these past abhorrent four years and under previous GOP administrations. Turn over a new leaf!
He doesn’t have the balls to stand up for what is right
Attempt at CYA
Don’t listen to tucker carlson when he laughs at the word “insurrection”. That was exactly what happened, it’s not an exaggeration. His smug comments about semantics are important - he is trying to manipulate your memory to minimize this very important event.
Hazmat city, I'm leaving. Bye Hey donald.
McConnell when you are bending over taking it from Schumer do you at least give him a tug.
By now, the gamers like McConnell do not want him around. Discredited, he is useless; shorn of the presidency and unable to provide cover for their gamesmanship, he will be irrelevant to their daily purposes ~ T Snyder
wow soo brave !
Could one of you Trump MAGA Supporters please try to justify this: Donald Trump is pardoning a guy indicted by the Trump Justice Department for defrauding Trump supporters of millions of dollars on the “We Build The Wall” charity. Does it get any ‘SWAMPY-ER’ than this?
He sure did and intended to have VP Pence hung and you and other Republicans kidnapped and killed. Look around Senator McConnell the other traitors are in the room.
It’s about time
Trump 'fed' the mob lies. McConnell fed Trump. Not looking good in any direction.
he should blame him in his presidency, not now that it is about 5 and half hours to inauguration.
Butter them up Mitch
EVargasTV When he cons Schiff into a power sharing deal...The tune will change!!! Never trust Moscow Mitch!!!
Corrupt and satanic this old men
37 years in the senate, so he knows the ropes of political survival regardless of party in power
Awesome 11th hour effort senatemajldr. Except now not only do the Dems despise you, but so do the Pubs 🤣
Please everyone of them is to blame Yes Trump most of all They all have blood 🩸 on there hands One person has not divided this country It started long before Trump That’s why he got elected We were sick of Congress & wanted change
Endeavours!
Translation: Mitch McConnell for the first time to the truth.
Bc if he doesn’t he will get canceled and he knows this
McConnell is gone, and will be long gone out of power. Whereas, the other guy may have some influence in the future.
More gop butt covering post riot. It means nothing just like what most congressional gop stand for, NOTHING
But, how will he vote
Things only a man who will never ask his constituents for their vote again would do.
Good for him. Where the hell has he been past 4 years!
WSJ, Sounds like Mitch is finally ready to take out that Presidential Trash that sat in the Oval Office... Wonder how the Trump Terrorist MAGA Organization is going to take that... Hopefully they behave or get arrested before they do something stupid AGAIN!
Long past time for Republicans to stop carrying the water for the leader of the Patriot Party.
Politicians only turn on their allies if their ally is 100% doomed and there's a possibility they could go down in flames with them.
Fake News
Way too little and way too late.
horrible
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