Trump Says McConnell Doesn't Speak For The GOP....And He's Probably Right

Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell denounced the RNC's censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger and claim that the events of January 6, 2021 were "legitimate political discourse" calling that day "a violent insurrection". McConnell stated, “It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent a peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next. That’s what it was." 

Predictably, defeated former President Trump was not amused declaring:

Mitch McConnell does not speak for the Republican Party, and does not represent the views of the vast majority of its voters. He did nothing to fight for his constituents and stop the most fraudulent election in American history. And he does nothing to stop the lawless Biden Administration, the invasion of our Borders, rising Inflation, Unconstitutional mandates, the persecution of political opponents, fact finding on the incompentent [sic] Afghanistan withdrawal, the giving away our energy independence, etc., which is all because of the fraudulent election. Instead, he bails out the Radical Left and the RINOs.

If Mitch would have fought for the election, like the Democrats would have if in the same position, we would not be discussing any of the above today, and our Country would be STRONG and PROUD instead of weak and embarrassed.

Nearly everything Trump says here is horseshit with the notable exception of his first sentence. Trump is almost certainly right in saying McConnell doesn't speak for the GOP nor does he represent the views of a majority of GOP voters where it concerns both the 2020 election and the events of January 6, 2021.

The thing is Trump and his lackeys are going to stay on message however nonsensical and odious the message is. Case in point, here's what Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington told former White House adviser Steve Bannon on his podcast yesterday:

The main point right now is this is not going away and it's never going to go away until we get the correct result and fix our elections. I mean, it's just that simple.

Here we are, a year and a half later and we still are getting more evidence of just how fraudulent this was. And the momentum in all these different states is not going away, it's building.

The Trump campaign is not getting more evidence of election fraud and the momentum is not building. But Harrington is right to say it's not going away until they get the "correct result" namely the return of Trump to the White House by hook or by crook.

Meanwhile, it is only a matter of time before McConnell goes back to accusing President Biden "unpresidential". If Biden is unpresidential then what does that make Trump?

Let us remember that only 7 weeks after the January 6th attacks, McConnell said he would "absolutely" support Trump in the 2024 election. So how long will McConnell stay on message?

Unless McConnell goes further and says that Trump should not lead the Republican Party much less lead the country along the lines of Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson then the jury is still out on the Senate Minority Leader.