After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted against impeaching former President Trump for his role inciting the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, the senior Senator from Kentucky declared that Trump was “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day, no question about it.”
At the time, I didn't buy McConnell's remarks and I'm glad I didn't. Earlier this evening, McConnell told Bret Baier of Fox News that he would "absolutely" support Trump should the GOP nominate him in 2024. The GOP nomination is Trump's for the asking. It is impossible for me to take McConnell's condemnations of Trump seriously when he is perfectly happy to have him as his party's presidential standard bearer.
Needless to say, McConnell is no Liz Cheney. Yesterday, the number three ranking House Republican declared, "I don't believe that he should be playing a role in the future of the party or the country." Cheney, who was one of only 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach Trump, said this in the presence of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy no less.
The Mitch McConnell who said he would "absolutely" support Trump is the real McConnell - a sniveling coward. Trump's words and deeds, especially concerning inciting the violence which nearly prevented the peaceful transfer of power, warrant his banishment from polite society. Cheney's position ought to be the standard in the GOP. Instead, it is the exception to the rule. McConnell rendered his condemnation of Trump on the Senate floor meaningless by legitimizing another bid for the White House and with it another chance to foment political violence resulting in death and destruction.
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