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Inside Mitch McConnell’s Capitulation to Trump

November 8, 2021 · 7:14 am ET · Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “McConnell’s vote on impeachment, which infuriated some of his closest backers, made clear his calculus that he couldn’t challenge Trump, even at the former president’s most vulnerable moment, a sign of the MAGA hold on the party electorate and many in McConnell’s own caucus. He opposed a bipartisan Jan. 6 investigation, blocked three bills Democrats put forward to counter restrictive GOP voting laws driven by Trump’s false fraud claims and endorsed a Trump-backed 2022 Senate candidate who echoed the false claim that the election was stolen.”

“To top it all off, McConnell has pledged to vote for Trump if he’s a 2024 nominee.”

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