Mitch McConnell is Awful & His Successor Will Be Even Worse

Longtime Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell will step down from his position in November after serving in the role since 2007. McConnell, who was re-elected to his seventh term by Kentucky voters in 2020, plans to serve out his term.

To put it plainly, McConnell is just awful. He is without principle and scruples. In 2016, McConnell saw to it that Merrick Garland never received a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, much less a vote on the Senate floor nearly 300 days after he was appointed on the grounds that President Obama ought not make a Supreme Court appointment during an election year. However, when President Trump appointed Amy Comey Barrett following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, it was McConnell who ensured she was confirmed to the High Court in five weeks and less than two weeks before the 2020 election. 

McConnell also refused to impeach President Trump despite making some of the best arguments in favor of doing  It is only a matter of time before McConnell endorses Trump once more even though he has repeatedly referred to his wife Elaine Chao as "Coco Chaw"McConnell is not now, nor has he ever been a profile in courage. 

McConnell demanded corporate America stay out of politics while gladly accepting their donations. He also showed his contempt for working Americans. I specifically remember when in July 2022 when McConnell complained too many Americans were "flush" with COVID relief and expressed hope that Americans would "run out of money" so they could get back to work. Mind you, at the time McConnell made his complaint, the unemployment rate was 3.6%. It's 3.7% nearly 18 months later. 

I write all of this knowing that McConnell's successor will be even worse especially if Republicans recapture control of the Senate. He or she will likely be a Trump toady who will refuse to certify President Biden's re-election, abandon Ukraine or enact a six-week abortion ban whether it's John Thune, John Cornyn or John Barrasso. 

When it comes to President Biden and defeated, former President Trump, the choice is between good and bad.

When it comes to Mitch McConnell and the next Senate Republican leader, the choice is between bad and worse.