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Has Mitch McConnell abandoned ship?? (Original Post) PubliusEnigma Jan 2019 OP
On the way elleng Jan 2019 #1
McConnell is stand alone scum. He is a wretched coward and a hideous... Guilded Lilly Jan 2019 #2
He'd crawled inside his shell DBoon Jan 2019 #3
McTurtle........ MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #5
I think the turtle values his majority leadership more than anything.... cynatnite Jan 2019 #4
Maybe nobody told him again? gratuitous Jan 2019 #6
IMHO he is up for re-election in 2020 and needs to hide out. bronxiteforever Jan 2019 #7

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
2. McConnell is stand alone scum. He is a wretched coward and a hideous...
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 04:50 PM
Jan 2019

Leader as well as a pathetic human driven only by greed and personal aggrandizement.

Go choke, Pal.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
4. I think the turtle values his majority leadership more than anything....
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 04:55 PM
Jan 2019

He'll throw tRump under the bus before risking his position.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. Maybe nobody told him again?
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 04:57 PM
Jan 2019

Last time Mitch ghosted on the Republican leadership, his office claimed that McConnell hadn't known anything about no press availability, even though he was in the room while it was being set up. Didn't get an engraved invitation, maybe. The excuse worked so well last time (nobody in the Republican caucus dares cross McConnell), he's going to use it again until it doesn't work anymore.

Or maybe he's staying away by mutual agreement of the Republican caucus so that when everything appears hopeless, McConnell can ride out on a white horse and save the negotiations and broker the deal.

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
7. IMHO he is up for re-election in 2020 and needs to hide out.
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 05:00 PM
Jan 2019

My theory is based on nothing but my experience in watching him. Mitch thinks about Mitch first and he is worried that Cheeto could take him down in 2020. He does not want to be the face of this shutdown.

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