With McConnell’s endorsement of Trump, it gives the green light to other remaining skeptical Republicans — and the deep-pocketed donors who fuel campaigns — to fall in line despite any reservations they may have about a return to the Trump era.

After the Jan. 6 attack of the Capitol, McConnell issued a grave rebuke of Trump’s behavior, blaming the defeated president for spreading “wild” claims of a stolen election.

While McConnell refused to convict Trump in the Senate trial on House impeachment charges of inciting the insurrection at the Capitol, which could have left him ineligible to serve again as president, he warned that Trump was not immune from civil or criminal prosecution once he left the White House.

  • @ghostdoggtv
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    29 months ago

    Without Trump they have absolutely no chances electorally. Republicans used to be the party of fiscal responsibility and they allowed themselves to get taken over by a hostile foreign power through the magic of debt and leverage. Hard core Trump supporters intend for the whole country to get taken down with them.

    Where we go one, we go all