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© Thomson Reuters 2020.Biden, McConnell talk after top Senate Republican acknowledges his election win
By Jarrett Renshaw ATLANTA©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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PTownsend
Is McConnell kissing up to Biden hoping his wife can continue in her high paying federal job? Not surprising McConnell congratulated Biden after Putin had previously done so.
iraira
Putin acknowledged Biden's win just before McConnell did. Not insinuating that McConnell is Putin's puppet, just how sad all of this has become.
David Varnes
Probably more of a matter of trying to protect his wife's family's shipping company, since his wife probably has a cozy job already lined up with The Heritage Foundation like she did before. But the Foremost Group is owned by Elaine Chao's family (Chao is McConnel's wife and the current Secretary of Transportation). To quote from the Wiki on the company:
PTownsend
Good point. Mitch and Trump are vying for greater control of the Republican Party. Given McConnell and Trump (and their respective families) have long had close business and personal relations with both Chinese and Russian rulers, it will be interesting to see whether both Trump and McConnell continue to use their 'foreign' connections to gain more Party control. And expand their fortunes.
SuperLib
What a spineless child.
sunfunbun
Timing says a political and financial decision for McConnell over the decency of democracy one. He's a weasel.
rainyday
Hold on McConnel, this thing ain’t over yet. Trump knows a guy who knows a guy whose sister is friends with another guy who knows a guy whose uncle spent time in the can with a guy who knows a guy who said he is an expert on reversing election results because he Googled it. All it takes is one phone call from Giuliani to that guy’s mom’s house, cause he has to stay there now, and poof - four more years of Trump. This was Plan A all along, that stuff about winning the election, then that stuff about winning in court, then that other stuff about winning the electoral college - all a clever ploy to distract the libs all along.
Bob Fosse
But the burst water pipe at the polling station! Why isn’t the liberal controlled media still talking about the burst pipe!? The truth is in plain sight, everyone knows it. 70 million + people will never forget the pipe. Wait until January 6th, you’ll see.
Or something similar I expect...
jack o helen
And that is why Biden was selected. Even though McConnell pulled all of his shenanigans in denying that the election had been done fairly, Biden was willing to let bygones be bygones. Working for the greater good supersedes ego. Imagine how Trump would've reacted?
lostrune2
The US Senate will now assuredly certify the Electoral College votes
Yesterday, a GOP House of Representative Congressman has left the Republican Party due to members trying to overturn the Presidential Election with no evidence
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/michigan-congressman-leaves-gop-over-bid-to-overturn-election
jack o helen
And does he think Perdue and Loeffler are saints? Those two are the most corrupt, egotistical Senators in Congress. Georgians would be shooting themselves in the foot if they elect them again. Perdue dodges debates and Loeffler puts out hate ads using the ton of money she own.
Steven C. Schulz
McConnell has only ever been interested in preserving his Senate majority, so he likely stayed silent up till now to drum up support in the Georgia runoffs.
Of course, he likely hurt those efforts by allowing Trump to delegitimize the voting process itself. No one is going to vote in a system they think is rigged.
The Avenger
Time it took McConnell to acknowledge Biden's obvious win: 38 days.
Time it took McConnell to announce a vote to replace RBG after her death: 90 minutes.
After 35 days, Vladdy Putin congratulated Biden before McConnell. For 35 days Mitch could have stepped up and shown some leadership. But no, Putin had to speak up first. I guess the moniker Moscow Mitch is well earned.
ulysses
Mitch acknowledged Biden’s victory after Putin.
Guess he was waiting for the master to do it first.
ulysses
Now that Putin has broken up with trump, trump must be heartbroken!!!!
Simon Foston
zichiToday 09:09 am JST
Doesn't that man's delusional hyperbole just get tedious after a while.
bass4funk
As long as I remember McConnell that man doesn’t kiss up to anyone. He’s probably as stubborn as Nancy.
Not really, as most conservatives, we think you accept the results even if you don’t like them, re-strategize, regroup, plan accordingly and try again.
bass4funk
But not his account overall.
He never had protections since it’s the hipsters private company, Trump just has 88 million followers and Twitter already lost a lot of support, not enough to put them under, but still quite a drop.
https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/conservatives-ditch-twitter-for-alternative-social-platform-parler/69-641475ca-eca3-4da6-87cc-2fb01f70332f
I think it’s great news!
Not really, as Trump runs as a shadow President, the media can’t help themselves but to follow Trump around.
lincolnman
One thing that both Obama and Trump agree on - Mitch is as craven a pol as they come...
Obama: 'What McConnell lacked in charisma or interest in policy he more than made up for in discipline, shrewdness and shamelessness — all of which he employed in the single-minded and dispassionate pursuit of power.'
Trump to McConnell: "Man, you're a real snake"...
As he's done his entire political career, McConnell just threw the knife into Trump's back..
PTownsend
A reptilian shapeshifter. Like Trump, no allegiance to country; in politics just for his personal bank account.
SuperLib
Twitter can probably handle Trump with post removals and temporary suspensions (like Don Jr.). Maybe if he accumulates too many of those he will get banned but it would probably take a lot and eventually he'll stop whining about the election. One gray area might be if one of his posts is an attempt to incite violence, but it would have to be pretty clear.
David Varnes
Except that, after the initial surge, Parler's growth has petered out and dropped back to the small levels it was before. Much like Trump himself, most 'conservatives' are just loudmouths who can only bother to say something if it rustles the jimmies of the 'libs.'
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/10/tech/parler-downloads/index.html
And if you don't like the source of the story, just look up the facts on Apptopia itself.
bass4funk
Who cares what Biden wants or likes. Trump doesn't have to worry, if Twitter wants to ban him, they’re right, it’s a private company, he just moves to Parler, helps them...a lot.
Sorry, people thought FNC would never overtake CNN and it did, give it time, it’ll get bigger as well despite Dems thinking otherwise.
No, they didn’t, because as long as he’s alive and has 88 million followers, as David Gergen said, he’s always a threat to the left.
I tend to agree. Smart man.
lincolnman
Hmmmm......
“Fox News is out with another of their phony polls, done by the same group of haters that got it even more wrong in 2016. Watch what happens in November. Fox is terrible!”
".@FoxNews daytime ratings have completely collapsed. Weekend daytime even WORSE. Very sad to watch this happen, but they forgot what made them successful, what got them there. They forgot the Golden Goose.
“Fox puts Sleepy Joe (Biden) on all the time, this would not have happened with Roger Ailes.”
Busby
Well, as a Trump supporter, I think McConnell is guilty of treason....
How could he not see at all that evidence of Hugo Chavez, Hillary, and Elvis stealing all those Trump votes....it's shameful...
Is this what the Republican Party has become? One that won't support their anointed King and Grand Wizard?
Well, if I lived in Georgia, I sure wouldn't vote for those traitor Repub Senate Candidates...
I'd write in my favorites; Scott Baio and Jon Voight...
Down with the GOP...
bass4funk
Talk to Gergen, besides, the libs can’t stop him.
Like Gergen said, you just made my point for me, Zichi!
bass4funk
And is expanding the way FNC did. back in the 90’s
Uh-huh...ROFL
And Newsmax and OANN picked him up, more growing networks.
72+ million followers, I wouldn’t call that alone and he has the GOP by the you know what, now that’s smart.
He will, libs won’t stop him and Kamale will help him get to that goal.
I hope he doesn’t. The Dems delegitimized this President from the beginning, I think it’s fitting he can disrespect this guy as well. Lol
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 10:13 am JST
Well, it is hard to look away from a train wreck.
Stewie
It will be a blessing to see the sane adults in charge again. The childish whining sooks will keep sniping from the sidelines though. Democracy is the winner here Hate speech,insults and lies are the loser
ulysses
The people living around Mar-a-lago have sent a notice asking trump not to move there.
Unwanted by the voters, unwanted by the courts and now unwanted by his neighbors .
I really feel sorry for this pathetic person!!!!
bass4funk
In a democracy we have opposing views, who’s going to stop Trump from holding rallies or speaking out against Biden and his administration, the Dems did for 4 years, Trump will do the same and who’s going to stop him? He can do it legally and he can legally undermine Biden in many ways, he has conservative media, a growing populist movement, there’s nothing that can legally stop him and the Dems know this is a threat. Again, Gergen’s words. Smart man.
And on the sidelines as in Trump’s case.
And more people will join just to follow this guy, I did snd it’s growing.
FNC didn’t have the the clout of CNN and they surpassed them, it took time, so they are moving in that direction.
The majority are moving to Parler, more to follow.
Liberals keep saying that and have been.....lol
Not to 72+angry and disgruntled supporters, he’ll be a hero if he makes that move.
lostrune2
Putin should offer Trump asylum
lincolnman
The Rikers Island Warden...
Not on the sideline, in the cell block...
I agree - he shouldn't attend - why have one more superspreader bio-hazard event...
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 12:13 pm JST
Just read that again. It's actually quite funny.
Bob Fosse
Newsflash. They already did.
Not that facts will influence you in anyway.
Strangerland
He could go to Parler, except that it turns out Parler is really boring for the far-righties, "because there are no lefties to own".
It just proves that the goal of the far-right is to own the left, not to make for a better society. Useless humans.
Strangerland
So have the far-righties decried McConell as a leftist deep-stater yet?
Bob Fosse
Bingo!
bass4funk
Not among Republicans 77% or Trump supporters 85% he still has
Naw, it’s expanding its format. I remember when CNN laughed at FNC ratings, now it’s the opposite
bass4funk
Liberals are the real funny joke of jokes. Sadly, their policies make you want to cry.
I doubt it, they’re already making the same mistakes again, case in point, losing 14 House seats I nothing to snicker at.....well, I do.
bass4funk
Has nothing to do with Trump, so he’s in good standing.
Excellent question.
plasticmonkey
Parler will become the Radio Shack of social media platforms. Impossible to sustain a large enterprise targeted at such a narrow demographic.
Fascinating analysis.
starpunk
Putin dumps his lap dog and McConnell is a rat deserting a sinking ship.
Selling your soul and butt kissing doesn't pay off in the end, brothers and sisters.