McConnell endorses Trump for president

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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for “disgraceful” acts in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack but now supports his bid to return to the White House.

McConnell, who was the last top GOP leader in Congress to fall in line with Trump, declared his support in a short statement after Super Tuesday wins pushed the GOP front-runner closer to the party nomination.

The two men had not spoken since 2020 when McConnell declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the that year’s presidential election. But more recently, their teams had reopened talks about an endorsement.
“It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States,” McConnell said in the statement.

McConnell said, “It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support.”

The nod from McConnell, who has criticized Trump as “morally responsible” for the 2021 mob siege of the Capitol, lends an imprimatur of institutional legitimacy to the indicted former president’s bid to return to the White House.

It comes after McConnell made his own sudden announcement last week he would step down after this term as leader, a position he has held longer than any other senator, and as he tries one more time to win back Republican control of the Senate, with Trump likely at the top of the GOP ticket.

Trump now counts the GOP leaders in Congress, including Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republicans vying to replace McConnell as leader, as backing his bid for the White House.

McConnell, of Kentucky, said he and Trump “worked together to accomplish great things for the American people.”

While McConnell said early in the election cycle he would support the eventual Republican presidential nominee, his endorsement of Trump is a striking reunion for the two men, who have put political interests ahead of any personal displeasure with one another.

With McConnell’s endorsement of Trump, it gives the green light to other remaining skeptical Republicans — and the deep-pocketed donors who fuel campaigns — to fall in line despite any reservations they may have about a return to the Trump era.

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You mean he endorsed the guy who he said was both legally and morally responsible for the attack on the Capitol? Well, of course he did.

ROTFLMFAO!!!! McConnell has made HIMSELF irrelevant by his disgusting, unconstitutional behavior. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Big donors are NOT going to fall in line because Trump will do incredible damage to their financial interests. They do not care about retribution. They want more tax cuts, and Trump couldn't give a shit.
 
Of course.

The Republican Party is populated w/ cowards, hypocrites and sycophants. And they have decided to stay down the rabbit hole.
 
Trump called McConnell's wife "Coco Chow" and "Mitch's China-loving wife".

What a fucking pussy for not standing up for your wife, but what else do you expect from the modern Republican party. Their constituents do meth and beat their wives.
 
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