Most Powerful Republican in Congress Complains He Has No Influence
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Mitch McConnell has admitted he can’t control the Republican Party.

One of Congress’s most powerful Republicans apparently feels powerless in the face of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.

Sitting for an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explained that he didn’t see any other option than to endorse the GOP presidential nominee—despite having made previous declarations against Trump, including blaming him for the violent events that unfolded on January 6.

“The issue is, what kind of influence, even if I had chosen to get involved in the presidential election, what kind of influence would I have had?” McConnell said after insinuating he was duty-bound as the most powerful Republican in the Senate to support the candidate that Republican delegates voted for.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    “I have no power to stop this” says man who refused to even try to use the ACTUAL POWER HE HAD stop this

    Fuck off and die McConnell, preferably in the most painful way possible. He refused to impeach the fucker, so this is just whining to try to protect his legacy, but this is 10000% his fault.

  • drislands@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The man has been leading by example for years. Remember when, during the Obama presidency, he refused to even call a vote on any Supreme Court nominees?

    He has shown time and time again that he doesn’t care about the unwritten gentleman’s rules that the government has been (more or less) abiding by for centuries, and now he’s shocked that his party is overrun by people with zero interest in working towards anything other than destruction?

    He’s a fool and he’s dragged us down with him.

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
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    7 months ago

    Hey guys, I poured some diesel on this fire, and hid all the extinguishers. Turns out that it’s hard to control it now.