Senator Mitch McConnell was considering a vote to convict Donald Trump in the impeachment trial over his alleged role in the Capitol riot and said he was “done with” the “crazy” former President over the incident.
The revelations surfaced in excerpts published from the upcoming book, Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump, written by Politico’s Rachael Bade and the Washington Post’s Karoun Demirjian.
Explaining that the vote to convict Trump would represent “one of the most pivotal votes of his career,” the authors indicated McConnell (R-KY) was all but certain the GOP would purge themselves of the then-President.
“But while McConnell was ready to be done with Trump, his party, it seemed, was not,” they wrote.
Mitch McConnell called Trump ‘crazy’ after Capitol attack, new book says https://t.co/ewwLIOpSk4
— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) September 21, 2022
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Mitch McConnell Said He’s ‘Done With’ Trump
The book excerpts provided by the Washington Post quickly put Mitch McConnell in AOC or Adam Kinzinger territory with his melodramatic reaction to the events of January 6.
They describe him as “stunned” at what “marauders” had done at the Capitol and illustrate a man “overcome with emotion at the trauma [his aides] experienced.”
The result was this promise: “We’ve all known that Trump is crazy,” McConnell told them. “I’m done with him. I will never speak to him again.”
“We don’t disagree on the substance; we just disagree on the tactics,” McConnell told Cheney as they conferred about how to free the GOP from Trump’s iron grip. “Let’s just ignore him.”
Via @karoun @rachaelmbadehttps://t.co/EjI98ECmW5
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) September 21, 2022
And while the Senate Republican leader may have been prepared to move on, it became clear that the GOP didn’t have the votes to convict Trump, despite efforts by Liz Cheney (R-WY) to convince him to take action in short order, circumventing due process.
“She pressed him in a series of phone calls to bring the Senate back from a congressional recess before the Biden inauguration and quickly convict Trump before he left office,” the authors reveal.
“Republicans would follow his lead, she insisted to McConnell. And besides, Trump still posed an ongoing threat to the country.”
On that last point, according to the book, McConnell “did not disagree” though he knew the logistics would make a quick conviction impossible.
“We don’t disagree on the substance; we just disagree on the tactics,” he allegedly told Cheney. “Let’s just ignore him.”
‘Let’s just ignore him’: Book details @LeaderMcConnell‘s decision not to convict Trump https://t.co/yezH6z9hBw
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) September 22, 2022
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Trump Says McConnell is a Broken Down Hack
The latest book on the events surrounding the Capitol riot square with another previously published effort alleging Mitch McConnell admitted he was “exhilarated” that Trump had “totally discredited himself” over the entire ordeal.
He also took joy that Trump seemingly had ‘committed political suicide.’
“I feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow finally, totally discredited himself,” McConnell said. “He put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Couldn’t have happened at a better time.”
McConnell, it seems according to a New York Times column from the authors of that particular book, thought the “The Democrats are going to take care of the son of a bitch for us.”
Hours after a mob ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described himself as “exhilarated” about the potential damage to then-president Donald Trump. https://t.co/61mcyKKcmT
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2022
Trump has repeatedly taken shots at Mitch McConnell ever since the Senate Minority leader vowed to be “done with” him.
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Just a few short weeks ago, as reported by The Political Insider, Trump took to social media to blast McConnell as a “broken down hack politician” and even made remarks about his “crazy wife.”
Trump attacked McConnell and his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, over the weekend after the Kentucky Republican suggested the GOP has a better chance of retaking the House than the Senate because its candidates are of poor quality.https://t.co/1gEI7ZpPCp
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) August 22, 2022
Last week, Trump described Mitch as an “absolute loser” who has been giving Democrats “everything they want.”
On Thursday he shared a column analyzing a new Civiqs poll indicating just 7% view McConnell favorably.
Trump has pressed the GOP to oust McConnell, whom he describes as a “Broken Old Crow,” from leadership.
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Mitch McConnel has never been a nationalist supporter. His allegiance has always been with the elite globalists. That is where he gets funding and he could never survive on citizens support. Time to send him packing.
Mitch needs to be sent to China to live out his days. The guy is pro-Communist, anti-American, and is only interested in filling his pockets with taxpayers’ monies. McConnell is a communist Chinese operative who has damaged this country to no end.
Fear not Mitch, you may be vacationing with Nancy Pee, Paul Pelosi and Shumer after this election….
Hey Mitch McConnell “We the People” of America are done with you. You no lnger work for the American people but for your political greed.
If Taiwan goes to the PRC, you think the Chinese will still keep paying for him????
Obama + Biden + Mitch + Rinos = America’s demise
Hmm who has Biden/ Obama in their back Pocket ? ( China ) Who has numerous investments in China, a wife that is Chinese? ( McConnell ) McConnell and Trump fought most of the way though Trump’s turn, after Trump put bigger Tariff’s on Chinese imports. When the Republicans retake the Senate, they need to vote Mitch out as Party leader, and vote in someone with some Gonads, that will stand up to China, Biden, the Deep State, and Obama, once and for all
And We The People are done with you, boyo
don’t slam the door behind you
the majority of people are sick of his wishy washy ways , so in essence we are sick of him
If aholes like McConnell want to do something worth while and good for America, then pressure the SOCTUS to do their job.
The true tragedy of the 2020 election cycle, aside from the fraud, was SCOTUS’s failure to stay the election results until a complete honest investigation could be completed. That would have served to a) satisfy the election fraud suspicions, b) expose election vulnerabilities, c) certify the true winner of the election, and d) maintain and restore voters confidence in the voting system. SCOTUS failed the people in the worst way possible. Shame on them.
If the 2020 election was so squeaky clean, why didn’t the Democrats welcome investigations to show that was the case? Well simply, because it WAS NOT. I agree there was no widespread fraud. It was TARGETED. Odds were astronomical that Trump would not win a single swing state. And there’s the down ballot issue. Why weren’t more Democratic representatives elected to congress? There should have been. The simple answer is there wasn’t enough time to do anything but fill in Biden-Harris at the top and make the covert dumps. You cannot convince me there was that much ticket splitting happening.
it’s time for him to leave by hook or by crook
Well, Mitch, most of us, along with Prez Trump, were done with Crazy Mitch a long time ago. You are useless.
Well, Mitch, to be perfectly honest, we’re pretty tired of you as well. Time for you to retire
Good because America is sick of Mitch McConnell, it’s time to retire and get someone fresh in there!
The replacement MUST be a PATRIOT! NO MORE RINOs!!!
How’s all that Dominion money working out for you Mitch? You slimy RINO! The people of KY are done with you, everyone I talk to agrees we will NEVER vote for you again, I voted for you in the past as the lesser of two evils but never again, I hope you face a primary challenge so I can vote against you, otherwise if you are on the ballot in 24, I won’t vote in that race! It turns out the lesser of two evils is still EVIL!
Trump has pressed the GOP to oust McConnell, whom he describes as a “broken old crow” LMAO!!!
Mitch and rino inc not holding dirty dems to account. We need strong leadership. Americans suffer under current leadership.
NEW leadership Wanted! Rinos NEED NOT APPLY!
Complete GOP leadership overhaul a MUST! We want patriots for leaders. Step aside Mitch and Kevin! Senator Ron Johnson for GOP Minority Leaders and MTG for Speaker.
Step down Mitch! We don’t want you or Kevin anymore. Your actions speak louder than words. There is no firewall b/n your Chinese biz and Americans. Huge conflict of interest. Plus you authorized the illegal drop boxes to sabotage Trump and you actively participated in his scuttling and allowing a rogue doj.
We want new PAtriot leadership. Ron Johnson for gop majority leader and mtg for speaker OR no vote RINOs up and down the ticket