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Matt Gaetz’s Victory Lap Over Mitch McConnell’s Decision To Step Down Bites Him On The A**

Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) online reaction to a decision from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to step down as GOP Senate leader in November boomeranged badly on him, resulting in complete humiliation for the controversial Floridian.

Gaetz expressed his glee on Twitter/X, posting, “We’ve now 86’d: McCarthy McDaniel McConnell Better days are ahead for the Republican Party.”

It didn’t take long before others reminded Gaetz that failed former president Donald Trump had once supported McCarthy, McDaniel, and McConnell. They also pointed out that the GOP has been on a major losing streak since it chose to fully embrace Trump despite his legal woes and attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

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Donald Trump May Have Just Had His Own Mitch McConnell ‘Freezing’ Episode

Failed one-term, twice-impeached, and oft-indicted former president Donald Trump and his supporters love to make fun of President Joe Biden, suggesting that Biden is too old and senile to be head of state, even though he’s only three years older than the Donald.

Trump has also attacked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as being too feeble to remain in the upper chamber of Congress, especially in light of recent public episodes McConnell had in which he “froze” in public, unable to answer questions asked by the press.

But could it be that the disgraced ex-president had his own “freezing” moment during a rally in South Dakota over the weekend?

That’s the question being asked by podcast host Dean Obeidallah, who posted a video of Trump at the South Dakota rally in which Donnie stops speaking in the middle of his speech.

Be sure and note what can only be called a look of terror on Trump’s face at frames 0:37-0:39 of the video. It’s almost as if he knows he can no longer speak and realizes he’s experiencing an episode he may not be able to recover from.

Granted, Trump could have been posing for effect, to heighten the gravity of what he’s saying. Or perhaps he got lost and wasn’t sure what his next line should be.

Watch the video closely a second time and ask yourself: Is Donald Trump too old and senile to be president? Based on the visual evidence, it would seem the answer is a resounding yes.

Twitter users had some thoughts on the Trump freeze.

https://twitter.com/kk1412Judith/status/1700590364397085131?s=20
 

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WATCH: Mitch McConnell Freezes In Mid-Sentence – Has To Be Escorted Away By Colleagues

Something appears to be very wrong with the health of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and it was on full view for the world during a daily Senate GOP press conference today.

During his opening remarks Wednesday, McConnell uttered a couple of words and was then unable to continue any further, clearly losing the ability to talk.

The Kentucky Republican was quickly escorted away from the podium by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) as Sen. John Thune (R-SD) took McConnell’s place at the microphone.

McConnell returned to the presser several minutes later, according to CNN’s Manu Raju and later appeared “sharp” when it was time for questions from the media.

CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said in his opinion McConnell “needs an exam…Time is critically important.”

McConnell is 81 and was hospitalized for a concussion and broken ribs after he fell earlier this year. Friends and colleagues say he has been moving with more caution (and more slowly) since the fall that caused the earlier injuries.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for Republicans to say that McConnell needs to step down from his Senate seat even though they repeatedly say President Joe Biden, 80, is unfit for office. The GOP, we’ve all seen, is little more than a collection of hypocrites collecting government salaries.

 

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Trump Under Fire For Posting ‘Thinly-Veiled Incitement To Violence’ Against Mitch McConnell Online

Disgraced, failed, one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump is getting shredded online for outrageous and potentially dangerous remarks he made on social media regarding Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who served as Secretary of Transportation in the Trump administration.

Trump made his attack via his failing social media site, Truth Social, writing:

“Is McConnell approving all of these Trillions of Dollars worth of Democrat sponsored Bills, without even the slightest bit of negotiation, because he hates Donald J. Trump, and he knows I am strongly opposed to them, or is he doing it because he believes in the Fake and Highly Destructive Green New Deal, and is willing to take the Country down with him?

“In any event, either reason is unacceptable. He has a DEATH WISH. Must immediately seek help and advise from his China loving wife, Coco Chow!”

MSNBC host Chris Hayes immediately flagged Trump’s post, commenting:

Kinda seems like the ex-president just posted a death threat aimed at Mitch McConnell…

Others then joined the debate.

Conservative attorney George Conway noted:

“Nothing to see here. Just a former president of the United States seeking to incite violence against the minority leader of the United States Senate and launching a racist verbal attack on the leader’s wife.”

 Shanlon Wu, a former federal prosecutor was also outraged by the Trump posting:

“Donald Trump using blatant racist tactics in his desperate attacks on McConnell by trying to ridicule Asian American former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao’s name calling her ‘Coco Chow’ — [McConnell] and [GOP] should call him out and reject his racist hate — will they do it?

“Hardly shocking that Trump would threaten Mitch McConnell by capitalizing the words ‘death wish’ — dog whistle invitation to Trump’s extremist supporters — same Trump who believed his own VP Pence deserved to be lynched by the angry Jan. 6 mob Trump incited to violence.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Likens ‘RINO’ Mitch McConnell To A Snake Whose Head Must Be Cut Off

With the midterm elections now less than two months away, it seems a civil war has broken out inside the Republican Party, with right-wing extremist GOPers who still steadfastly support former president Donald Trump and more mainstream members of the party openly sniping at each other.

The latest example of this phenomenon can be seen in remarks made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), whom Greene compared to a snake that must be killed.

Greene is furious that McConnell has pulled some $10 million from Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters, who continues to fall further behind incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.

During an appearance on Right Side Broadcasting with convicted felon Steve Bannon, Greene lashed out at McConnell:

“I have a message for Arizona: you guys have a major opportunity, and this is an opportunity, Steve, you’re going to understand exactly what I’m saying. Mitch McConnell is pulling his support and pulling money from backing Blake Masters for Senate, and he’s doing that because Blake Masters is not the type of senator Mitch McConnell wants in Washington. But Arizona has an opportunity that only they can pull off. If they elect Blake Masters and send him to the Senate here in Washington, D.C., they are going to be cutting the head off the snake and defeating Mitch McConnell, the RINO that has controlled the Senate for years now. This is the message that needs to be sent to Washington, Steve.”

While she was at it, Greene also reiterated her support for Christian nationalism, the same sort of political belief that helped spawn fascism in Germany, Italy, and Spain in the 20th century:

“Everyone knows this nation is, we’re about to have a complete revival. Because Americans know who our identity is. We are a Christian nation, we are a country of nationalism, we care about our borders, we care about our economy, we care about our children.”