President Trump won all seven swing states, the electoral vote and the popular vote of over 77 million Americans in November. With his Cabinet picks getting confirmed at a record pace, his executive orders flying out of the Oval Office daily, and the tsunami of illegal aliens at the border plugged virtually overnight, you'd think that any top Republican would be thrilled with the way things are going in the still-young administration.
Not if you're former Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), however, who seems like he wants to pick up his ball and go home as he throws snit after snit, apparently because things aren’t being done the “old GOP way.” You know, the old GOP way that brought us eight years of Barack Obama and four years of the disastrous Biden regime.
McConnell was one of three Republicans to vote “no” to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Mitch was the only GOP defector who crossed party lines and voted “nyet” on Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. (Both were confirmed, but you be you, Mitch.)
On Thursday, he continued to nuke whatever legacy he hadn’t already and was the sole Republican to vote no on RFK Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Once again, the nominee won the job anyway. Not very effective there, are you, Mr. McConnell?
Trump was asked about it during an Oval Office press briefing, and as you would expect, he didn’t hold back. That sound you might have heard is the “boom” he just laid down on the behind-the-times senior senator from Kentucky:
Trump isn't going to make it easy for McConnell to stick around until Jan. 2027.
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) February 13, 2025
From the Oval:
"I feel sorry for Mitch... He's not equipped mentally. He wasn't equipped ten years ago mentally. He let the Republican party go to h*ll."
"If I didn't come along, the Republican… pic.twitter.com/bsf2du75g4
He let the Republican party go to h*ll."
"If I didn't come along, the Republican party wouldn't even exist right now. Mitch McConnell never really had it."
"He had an ability to raise money because of his position as leader, which anybody could do. You could do it even, and that's saying a lot."
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McConnell followed his no-vote with a lengthy screed accusing RFK Jr. of “trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories” and eroding trust in public health. If you didn’t know, you might think it was a statement from Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY):
McConnell:
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 13, 2025
I'm a survivor of childhood polio. In my lifetime, I've watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world. I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures, and neither will millions of Americans who credit their…
Trump was less than appreciative of the comments and had more to say:
I was the one that got him to drop out of the leadership position, so he can't love me, but he's not voting against Bobby. He's voting against me, but that's all right. He endorsed me, you know -- do you know that Mitch endorsed me, right? You think that was easy?...
All I can tell you about him is that he shouldn't have been leader, he knows that. He voted against Bobby, he votes against almost everything now, he's, you know, a very bitter guy. And we have a very strong party, and he's almost not even really a very powerful member, and [they] say he's lost his power, and it's affected his vote and, you know, it's one of those things.
McConnell and Trump have never been close, and both have eviscerated each other before. This seems different however, and given McConnell’s recent health challenges, it feels like the waning days of Mitch’s legislative career. Trump, among others, will not be shedding a tear.
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