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Summary

Sen. Mitch McConnell warned that Donald Trump’s presidency places Americans in a “very, very dangerous world,” likening Trump’s isolationist policies to pre-World War II “America First” rhetoric.

McConnell, a staunch interventionist, criticized the GOP’s growing resistance to U.S. global engagement, particularly Trump’s stance on reducing aid to Ukraine.

While he voted for Trump in November, McConnell expressed concerns over Trump’s influence and the party’s direction.

Recently stepping down as Senate GOP leader, McConnell plans to focus his final term on countering isolationism within his party.

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[-] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 10 points 7 hours ago

THANKS TO YOU,FUCKING HYPOCRITE!

Shut the fuck up bitch mitch, this dude acts like he didn't free the fucker from impeachment charges. Maybe you should've whipped your party to convict him, but you just had to be a spineless bootlicker.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 12 hours ago

isn't this the same guy that fucked over obama, directly leading to trump getting 3 supreme court picks?

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 23 points 13 hours ago

stfu you old turd. maybe if you didn't fucking help him so much the first time we wouldn't be here today.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 12 hours ago

Yep, this fucking coward could've gotten enough of the gop on board with impeachment after j6, and it would've solved the orange shitstain problem. He knew he was at the end of his career and plenty of his party hate Dump privately. Just from a pragmatic standpoint (bc it's not like the gop is any better than the gqp) it was the smart move, but he couldn't gird his loins for even a second in his long career as a POS.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago

"Oops lol", McConnell continued.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago

Then why didn’t you convict his impeachment so he couldn’t run again numbnuts!

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 6 points 12 hours ago

Mitch McConnell was right there behind him, and neither side will see it differently regardless of what crone says.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

Man who repeatedly stabbed a guy says repeatedly stabbing a guy is bad for that guy.

[-] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago

Thanks for your input Moscow Mitch.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 51 points 20 hours ago

OH WOW, MITCH! THAT'S VERY FUCKING HELPFUL, MITCH MCCONNELL!

Remember that time back in March when you endorsed Trump instead of disavowing everything he stands for and then he made fun of you for it during a November campaign rally? That's some really fucking winner shit, asshole.

Anyway, thanks for warning is about the impending disaster that you helped cause over decades of abusive politics.

[-] youstolemyname@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Imagine being on death's doorstep and knowing your legacy will forever be helping to put a fascist on office.

He's likely to die before the monster he helped create is back in office. Spent his entire life fucking over the American people for what?

Rot in shit, asshole

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago

McConnell, you motherfucker, you could have stopped this. You could have had your caucus in the Senate vote to convict, and ended the nightmare. You don't get to complain about the "very dangerous world" you helped create.

[-] ovalofsand@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

He's probably saying this because he's seeing how there is a number of people that have shown they do not agree and will not be a part of people's lives who do. That coupled with the fact that Trump will probably become obviously stupid and Evil because he'll have no one to stop him. In other words, the danger he is talking about is that Trump will make it obvious to many people that they are getting fuckedd. Maybe that's just wishful thinking though

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago

Fuck you mitch. You helped get us to this point and now as you get ready to croak you start to get a spine? Just leave already

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 209 points 1 day ago

McConnell helped to stack the supreme court with the same right wing hardliners who torpedoed any attempt to prosecute Trump. McConnell helped install judges like Eileen Cannon. McConnell refused to impeach Trump. There are so many ways in which what is happening now is directly his fault.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think McConnell vastly underestimated to what extent those judges were going to be supporting Trump over the country. I distinctly recall that when McConnell voted against the second impeachment, he said something to the effect that it was up to the Courts to apply any punishment. Well, guess what? The Courts have said that it was up to Congress all along*! I thinking in the fleeting moments of clarity in between episodes, he really wants that vote back.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

I thinking in the fleeting moments of clarity in between episodes, he really wants that vote back.

No he doesn't. It was classic McConnell hypocrisy. He will say one thing and do the opposite when it's for his team.

He'll vote for Trump's plans in Congress while pretending to be the reasonable politician to manipulate opinion.

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[-] gndagreborn@lemmy.world 40 points 23 hours ago

I actually don't understand his take AT ALL. Spineless. Absolutely spineless. Then he has the audacity to wag his finger saying "I warned you". Was January 6th not enough? Where were you when he was impeached twice? You lead your caucus to acquit.

The stroke must have taken more than just a couple of neurons. His frontal lobe must look like Swiss cheese bro.

[-] Deadowl87@lemmy.ml 39 points 23 hours ago

It's all your fault you fucking geriatric turtle!

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 76 points 1 day ago

Funny, McConnell is one of the people most responsible for the state of the modern Republican party. Maybe even more than Trump himself.

[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Makes me think of Anton Drexler. Leader of the Nazi party. He used Hitler's popularity to further the party. Until they had a falling out and Hitler said it was Drexler or him. The party couldn't afford to lose the most popular member so Drexler was out and Hitler was put it charge.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 135 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pay it no mind, every now and then he says something sensible due to memory corruption, then the GOP remotely reboots him and he is back to his original programming again.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 20 points 1 day ago

I would never wish dementia on anyone, but there are those that come very close to deserving.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

People like him sometimes make me wish religion were true and there was a hell for fuckers like him.

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[-] DrFistington@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago

Too bad you never had the opportunity stop him, by say, voting on the articles of impeachment presented to the senate by the house.

Moscow Mitch is just as guilty of Treason as Trump and his associates, and people are getting sick of pussy footing around it. He fucked around, it hurt the entire country, and its past due for him to get the Aaron Burr treatment

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

of Fuck Mitch McConnell. This is his fault and he is a piece of shit who deserves misery far greater than the misery he's passed onto the world.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 18 points 22 hours ago
[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

Only almost a decade late. Well done turtle.

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

He got there in the end.

Too bad the race was over and everyone had gone home.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 17 points 1 day ago

That's the only time conservatives show any spine or morals: after it doesn't matter any more...

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[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 52 points 1 day ago

MCCONNELL ENDORSED HIM.

What a piece of shit

[-] Shawdow194@fedia.io 35 points 1 day ago

While he voted for Trump in November, McConnell expressed concerns over Trump’s influence and the party’s direction.

May the leopards eat face

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[-] blattrules@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

If only there was something he could have done to stop it.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I guess he's finally gone completely senile.

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 13 hours ago

Or maybe he is having a lucid moment where he is realizing how insane it was for him and his party to back an actual fascist.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

LOL. That's a good joke. McConnell realizing insanity. It's a real knee slapper that one.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 18 points 1 day ago

Have another stroke asshole.

[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This, coming from a man who damn well knows he could have single-handedly put a stop to it by voting to convict Trump in either one of his impeachment trials. He still had more than enough power and influence in the GOP to get other senators to vote for a conviction. We are here because he chose not to do so. He decided, as he usually did, to put party over country. And now that the hunter has become the hunted, he has no idea what to do.

And he voted for this asshole.

This man knew the leopard was campaigning on eating his face. He voted for the leopard anyway, and is now shocked and surprised that the leopard is going to start eating his face. Fucking moron.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 33 points 1 day ago

McConnell's just jealous Trump's going to do more long-term damage to the US than he did.

[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

You exonerated a fascist because your goals were aligned. You don't get to cry about what other people did when you signaled that he was in the club.

The guy attacked the place where you work with violent intent and you just shrugged because you hoped the Dems would take out the trash for you.

Once again the Party of Personal Responsibility expects other people to wipe their ass and flush for them. Go fuck yourself, McConnell.

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[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

WereAllTryingToFindTheGuyWhoDidThis.jpg

[-] Zier@fedia.io 17 points 1 day ago

Fuck you mitch, you are responsible for so many things that enabled fat donnie and the other traitors to destroy the USA. Hope you're happy. May you burn in the hell you believe in.

[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

No shit you dumb fuck, thanks for helping him and preventing the wheels of justice to work. Also thanks for handing the Supreme Court completely to the fascists. This dangerous world was birthed by your actions Mitch. Fuck you

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

Oh shut the fuck up. I know exactly who you voted for, you piece of shit. You defended him and allowed him to pack the courts. You had EVERY opportunity to stop him but didnt you fucking spineless traitor.

[-] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago
[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago

His entire career is based on 1. saying what people want to hear, then 2. stabbing them in the back. This is nothing new whatsoever. Everyone laments step 2 so much that people forget about step 1.

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

None of this would have been possible without Moscow Mitch to begin with.

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[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

Imagine putting party loyalty ahead of your own sense of right and wing. I mean, can you? Because I can't imagine it.

I can understand selling out for money. Enough significant digits on a check buys a certain amount of moral flexibility. But that dude has enough. For way less than that guy has, I'd retire someplace with warm beaches and spend my days engaged in utter debauchery.

Once a person has enough money to do that, I can't understand the need for anything more.

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[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 9 points 1 day ago

LOL and he didn't? Wild for him to see someone working the system the way he did and go "That's bad." Yeah no shit fuck face, then why'd you do the same fucking thing.

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