Most casual political observers have absolutely no idea how McConnell works. However, for over a decade CTH has been trying –mostly failing– to awaken the base of commonsense voters. In 2010, 2011 and 2012 the #1 priority for McConnell was to destroy the threat represented by the Tea Party. In 2022 we are seeing an exact replay of the same intents and purposes, only this time the target is President Trump’s MAGA movement.
During a recent interview on Fox News, Mitch McConnell was asked about the future of the Senate against the backdrop of the midterm election. Mitch McConnell’s team literally scrubbed his response from their own copy of this interview [SEE HERE]. This is a familiar tactic from the DeceptiCon group who always cover their tracks. However, the segment lasts on the internet [06:45 prompted] WATCH:
https://youtu.be/qAJgD3FZ-js?t=405
Mitch McConnell essentially says the Senate is too close to call and the democrats may be “up slightly” because the wrong kind of republican candidates have been nominated in the GOP primary process in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Arizona. Once again, the elitist UniParty view of DC Mitch McConnell shines through.
Keep in mind this is the same Mitch McConnell who was challenged by the audience during a 2017 Rotary Club meeting in Kentucky, about why he refused to support the election priorities of President Trump. McConnell responded, “I’d ask for a show of hands, but I know everybody’s saying, ‘been there, haven’t done anything,’ which I find extremely irritating — and I’m going to tell you why.”
McConnell continued, “a Congress goes on for two years. Part of the reason I think that the storyline is that we haven’t done much is because, in part, the president and others have set these early timelines about things need to be done by a certain point,” he said. Then came the kicker, “our new president, of course, has not been in this line of work before, and I think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the Democratic process.”
Ah, the customs, traditions and parliamentary norms of the Senate were to blame for republican intransigence on the Trump agenda. President Trump held “excessive expectations” as to what could be done to support the America-First agenda in the senate.
According to Mitch McConnell, it was Trump’s fault for thinking a republican majority Senate would work to support the American middle-class.
Comments like that reveal for most what the true motive of Senator McConnell is all about. It is a motive and agenda all wrapped up in the senate power structure.
McConnell does not fear being in the minority; the color of the flag atop the spire of the UniParty senate does not matter to those underneath it. McConnell maneuvers with just as much power in the minority as he does in the majority.
In fact, McConnell makes more money selling his DeceptiCon caucus votes to Chuck Schumer (on behalf of Wall Street) than he does in the majority where he is forced to purchase them.
Indeed, the entire scheme is a rigged game, as Christopher Bedford realized last year and wrote in The Federalist [SEE HERE] after Mitch McConnell delivered his post-election impeachment floor speech. A ploy to destroy the MAGA movement with Trump removed:
THE FEDERALIST – […] “So what’s all behind this? After four years of yelling “MAGA!” while pushing his own classic, corporate Republican policies, McConnell had hoped to rid himself and his conference of the conservative populist nationalism the former president had championed and go back to the way things were.
He wants a return to promising to tackle illegal immigration before winking at corporate America that nothing will change. He wants to raise money on fighting the abortion of our infants while comfortably lifting nary a finger. He wants to shrug and change the subject when asked about men dominating women’s sports and using women’s bathrooms. He wants fewer taxes and more wars. Hell, he wants someone to blame for the Republican losses in the Georgia special election, and with them the loss of his seat at the head of the Senate.
Instead, his push to impeach ended with rebuke from his own conference. Angry and embarrassed, he blamed his own colleagues as well as the former president, performing a 20-minute attack ad for the left to use on Republicans for the next election cycle and beyond.” (read more)
Through his power structure, McConnell directly controls about 8 to 15 republican senators; we have called them “The Decepticons” for years. [Cornyn, Thune, Porter, Blunt, Portman, Burr, Barasso, Crapo, Murkowski, Gardner, Roberts, Sasse, Tillis, Rubio, Graham, Romney, and now, Tim Scott]
McConnell has a well-used playbook he deploys to retain power at all costs and select candidates that will be indebted to his Senate schemes. The 2022 senate candidates have been up against the same Mitch McConnell club machine that readers here are very familiar with.
To remind ourselves how Minority and Majority Senator McConnell took down the threat of the Tea Party revisit these old articles: CNN Part I and CNN Part II both showcase how McConnell works. Then do some research on how McConnell worked with Haley Barbour in Mississippi [SEE HERE].
For those who follow the deep weeds of politics, McConnell’s schemes are brutally transparent. For the remaining 97% of the voting electorate, they still don’t understand how the UniParty works. Decepticon leader McConnell doesn’t want the American electorate to see purchased senate republicans voting NO on border security.
McConnell must preserve the trough – Corporations (special interest groups) write the legislation. Lobbyists take the law and go find politician(s) to support it. Politicians get support from their peers using tenure and status etc. Eventually, if things go according to norm, the legislation gets a vote.
Within every step of the process there are expense account lunches, dinners, trips, venue tickets and a host of other customary financial waypoints to generate/leverage a successful outcome. The amount of money spent is proportional to the benefit derived from the legislative outcome.
When a House or Senate member becomes educated on the intent of the legislation, they have attended the sales pitch; and when they find out the likelihood of support for that legislation; they can then position their own (or their families) financial interests to benefit from the consequence of passage. It is a process similar to insider trading on Wall Street, except the trading is based on knowing who will benefit from a legislative passage.
Yes, Democrats are the opponents; they are ideological enemies to freedom and a constitutional republic. However, just as dangerous an enemy is Mitch McConnell; the man who builds and fills the Trojan Horses that are presented to the voters every two years.
One day, the Geriatric Caucus of the Senate, along with the Dementia Caucus in the House, will be gone. I long for that day, may it come speedily, in our time.
If Covid was all it was professed to be, it would have hastened our relief from these entrenched liars and thieves.
Truth.
Simple alleged percentages for those over 70 ought to have rid us of some of these critters. But no.
Their B-12 shots were safe.
Did any members of congress get sick or croak from covid? Even though they exempted themselves from the cull shot. I think maybe a republican member from Louisiana, maybe. I disremember.
Don’t forget that McConnell was elected unanimously to lead the republicans in 2020. Why would it be any different today? He’s not going anywhere anytime soon. The only way he gives up power is to be defeated in a primary, and that’s a long shot. All your favorite maga senators voted for him last time. There’s no reason to think they won’t do it again.
If 10 Senators would publicly pledge to refuse to vote for anything that contains more than one object, and to move to amend any bill that has more than one object down to the single object, the power of the Majority Leader would be significantly diminished. They’d also have to denounce any Senate privileges, such as plum committee assignments, because McConnell would exact whatever revenge he could.
“Your MAGA” Murkowski, Cornyn, Romney, Collins, Rubio shoud all follow McConnell out the door and those are all the scalps required for a decent start at an America first Senate. McConnell would give up the Senate in two seconds, just like Ryan did in 18 to control MAGA. Not that the two years prior when we had it all was anything to write home about.
McConnell is not up for re-election (to his office not to the leadership slot) this cycle. Would that he were… But he got his nasty rearend back in in 2020, mainly because of PDJT endorsement.
I do think that when the time comes for McTurtle to run again he will “retire” and attempt to crown Thune – or someone else, now that many are onto Thune as well.
Yeah, McConnell and Lindsay Graham, with the latter begging for money on Fox News every night for months before the election. How happy those weasels were to slip back into the Senate while Trump “lost”.
I hope that turtle freak gets hung up on that fence post he’s reclining on.
Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy did nothing to
stop the 2020 Election Fraud.
RINOs McConnell and McCarthy must be purged from
any Leadership position.
And Kevin McCarthy is doing the same for the House. In North Carolina District One, there were seven candidates for the House seat. Three of them were MAGA with local support so the vote was going to be split every which way. Two weeks before the election, Kevin McCarthy invested $18,000 in someone who was obviously a RINO candidate, who had told an audience, “Of course, I am America First, but in Congress one has to make compromises to get things done.” Thankfully, a MAGA candidate, Sandy Smith won.
I have now heard Joe Kent say that Kevin McCarthy funded a RINO to split the MAGA vote. Still hoping that Kent can pull ahead and win.
Trump’s presidency was a dividing line. He opened our eyes to the swamp, never to un-see it, but we need people like Sundance who can explain to us the corrupt process going on behind the scenes. The swamp is deep and wide.
He also said the RNC is taking the FEC fines for not disclosing the names of the donors for his little seeding operation against MAGA candidates. They do not want the donors list to be known for obvious reasons. Wouldn’t take much to sit down and think about who they are.
Another achievement by Willard Romney’s niece.
He prefers Pierre.
“The American people are going to decide how happy they are with that.” [Democrat president and HR]
No, Dominion Voting Systems (run by Democrats) will decide.
China Mitch , Same Old Shit, different day approach to government.
IMHO it’s just as much of a deceptive con to not simply say it’s the Republican party in whole.
You can’t elect or unelect a private corporation (RNC, GOP, DNC). You can’t vote for their board, you can’t influence their decisions or directions.
Using pronouns, synonyms or projecting blame by scapegoating to individuals like McConnell or names like RINO or pretending Republican based slogans / orgs like “Tea Party” or “MAGA” are anything but Republican FIRST is blighted propaganda.
For 80 years, every two years Republicans have used these cheerleading tactics to sucker conservatives into voting for non-conservatives.
But yeah I know, to you defenders… You’ll get em THIS time!!!
This kind of defeatist attitude toward any effort to change the status quo is just plain wrong. If one never tries, one will never succeed. There is now an effort to change, coming from the people at the local level onward. It is a people first agenda that is gaining ground to overcome the Republican, First agenda of McConnell and McCarthy and other RINOs. It is not a pretense. There ARE conservatives who really want to invest in the American people. It is time to get behind the changes and work to make them happen.
It is important to know the process to be able to fight for something different, for tuning one’s ears for the nuances behind the surface. People like McConnell need to be exposed for what they are doing. They should ALL be exposed and little by little, their tactics are being exposed.
Another rich elitist who only cares for his precious money and power. Maybe we will get lucky and he will quit breathing our precious air real soon.
Et tu, Tim?
Let’s face it; without the atrocious 17th Amendment we wouldn’t be having a lot of these problems. We may still have Schumah, but that moron wouldn’t be the majority leader.
States have no sovereignty with the 17th Amendment. 1913 was a bad year for America.
Barasso, Thune, etc. have been waiting in the wings for decades, but Scott is different. He is that “Ace in the Hole” McConnell can play at any moment to put MAGA candidates and supporters in the predicament of having to vote against a black Republican candidate for president, thus confirming the prevailing Democrat and media claim that Trump and all his supporters are racist. Judging by the way Scott’s profile is being raised of late, I’m going to predict that either the Nikki Haley plan is not going well due to massive negative polling, or Scott is being positioned to be on the R ticket with Haley.
Scott certainly revealed who his allegiance is with in record time. He has taken the UniParty Pledge.
So be it.
The two-faced, unreliable Cruz faction is just as annoying. I actually have more respect for Scott who has clearly aligned himself
with The Enemy.
All we can do is support Tea Party and MAGA candidates. If the lure of money and power vs. defending the constitution overwhelms them— then they get primaried.
We have to fund and fight for fair and free elections.
We have to keep voting for the Kari Lakes. We cannot give up.
We are all aware of decepticons and traitorous con artists. It happens over and over again. Yes, It is disheartening.
Regardless, we don’t rollover and quit.
Period.
CTH forgot Ernst in the list of McConnell cabal.
Ernst turned out to be a real turd.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/gop-challenger-joe-kent-minority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-gop-establishment-spent-4-5-million-smear-campaign-defeat-last-12-days-election/
Mitch ought to hang it up. Really. He just doesn’t have enough years left to beat MAGA.
So, Treepers, how RINO is Cruz?
99.9% RINO. He hasn’t been invited into McConnell’s inner circle of sycophants, but he’s trying hard. He tries to project himself as a rebel, but he votes with the team.
Cruz is unreliable and useless. He is a two-faced snake — made out of the same material as his cowboy boots.
Another shot at DeSantis without cause…. why so insistent? Have to plant doubt and throw shade at anyone doing a good job governing their State?
Again, we support those who support us— UNTIL their actions reveal them to be traitorous.
Here’s to me.
Here’s to you.
Here’s to love and laughter.
I’ll be true as long as you—
But not a second after!
Lots of postulating about DeSantis education and past affiliation.
I choose to observe his current actions.
When those actions turn against what I support— then I will turn against him.
Mitch McConnell only cars about Mitch McConnell and no one else including his deception sidekicks. If it benefits Mitch it gets done, and if it doesn’t benefit Mitch it doesn’t get done.
The only reason McConnell is saying it is a “challenging” environment is that Vance, Walker, Oz, Schmidt and Masters (should all five win their races) are folks he can’t control because they have Trump’s endorsement. Should Murkowski also lose, that would be six. That’s a ton of turnover in the Senate conference. To Mitch this is terrifying.
As you all know, it’s much tougher to move the Senate in the MAGA direction because on 1/3 are up for election every two years. We have a great opportunity to move that ball forward in November.
F the McRINOs.
I would leave them to their power and money if they would leave us alone. But they always have to F with us and make life harder.
That’s because the villains behind the scenes who provide their power and money hate us and want our lives as hard as possible.
Mitch is owned by the CCP.
they want you dead
TERM LIMITS.
Scummy Mitch.
The Sneak done left the Mitch.
Mitch and his corporate political party take money from the same people that give money to Nancy and her corporate political party. They may fight each other, but only to be first in line at the trough, not to help the American people.
A third party or strong, independent presidents and legislators are threats to the oligarchs, so the two captured political parties are ordered to destroy them.
McConnell does not give Kentucky a representative in D.C. He gives D.C. a representative in Kentucky.
Until insurgent candidates start hammering that message home they will not win.
Moscow Mitch states that Trump expected a Republican House and Senate to get things done in a short period of time.
Biden and a Democrat Senate and House destroyed America in less than two years.
So obviously it’s possible for the Democratic process to move swiftly.
More gaslighting from Mitch
EXCELLENT point, S?N!
Your summary of these last almost two years is what each of us can use to hammer our “elected” representative officials in both the House and the Senate: the army of slugs.
THEY CHOSE TO SLOW-WALK OUR AGENDA.
THEY CHOSE TO DECEIVE US.
THEY CHOSE TO FAIL US. And then,
THEY CHOSE TO GIVE US THE MIDDLE FINGER – WITH BOTH HANDS.
We must become so convincing by means of legal and ethically expressed determination, that the Decepticons in both US Chambers decide it’s best to retire now, resign now, or failing that, to “decline” to run for re-election.
Pursue them lawfully:
by mail,
by phone;
by attendance at their events.
Make sure they know that you know HOW they forced our hand.
Make sure they know you WON’T accept cancellation of in-person voting in November.
Remind them that #WALKAWAY isn’t just a Democrat thing anymore.
With a big smile, make them take their toys, and go home.
By the way, FJB & Co.
The problem is these “leaders” arrange things so all we have to vote for is Mitch’s candidate or a democrat. That is how they stay in power. If we put someone else in there that Mitch doesn’t like he funnels money to their democrat opponent.
“Mitch McConnell; the man who builds and fills the Trojan Horses that are presented to the voters every two years.”
If McConnell were to disappear, who would build the Trojan Horses?
Mconnell is the very definition of what the founders tried so hard to prevent as they understood it was fatal to the republic.
You can add Lankford to that list of bought and paid for senators
I tried to listen to Mitch on Bret Baier’s show, but I could not make it through the interview. I don’t think even Rush until may the end of 2020 realized that the GOP was not necessarily on our side.
Ask Mitch the turtle McConnell about his Chinese father-in-law – who ownes a fleet of cargo container ships that float Made In China products to the US AND owns a shipyard to build more ships. Mrs. McConnell is the ex-Sec. of Transportation, who could have told her daddy which ports-of-call to use for fastest unloading of her daddy’s cargo ships.
Is it any doubt ‘why’ the turtle would obstruct Trump in getting harsher trading sanctions against China – (for you slow students) It was because he didn’t want his father-in-law to make less money for the family business, which the turtle will collect from/cash-in on if he ever retires, or for his grand-kids.
Sad article- but unfortunately 100% true…..Trump threatened this “DC Norm” in Congress, DOJ/Intel State Dept establishment.
Like or hate President Trump- he made promises and worked hard to keep them. BUT his biggest accomplishment is showing us the RINO establishment that we all ignorantly supported – for who and what they are…. Self serving pigs!
How can you have any faith in the government (congress, president) when its the votere who keeps voting in the same buffoons, decade after decade? There were 14 primaries this month, where changes begin, you can ask anyone and ask when their primary was or what the importance of a primary does to change the Congress….
McConnell and his wife’s father are prime owners of a transportation company in shipping Chinese goods to the USA…tell me he’s impartial…on anything
Self serving cowards, all of them.
Not only did Team McConnell scrub his response about Senate future but they also disabled comment section so he (they) don’t have to read our SHOUTS!
YOU ARE
NOT
FAILING
more people are joining in DISSENT against a CORRUPT CENTRAL STATE.
Do not have this incorrect assumption you effort go unnoticed.
YOUR WORK IS PARAMOUNT.
And it matters.
even IF only 4 people read and notice. It is STILL THE TRUTH.
but, reality: YOUR WORK (THE TRUTH) is shared and has taken root across the GLOBE.
Be unafraid.
DO NOT FLINCH
God Bless America