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mystery-ak:
McConnell says Trump turned off GOP voters by making party look ‘sort of nasty’

 By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times - Saturday, December 24, 2022

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said former President Donald Trump‘s influence is waning, reiterating his blame towards his political foe for GOP shortcomings in the midterms.

Mr. McConnell, who has had an increasingly strained relationship with Mr. Trump since the 2021 Capitol riot, said Mr. Trump helped cast voters an unappealing image of the Republican Party that broke the trust of the electorate.

“We lost support that we needed among independents and moderate Republicans, primarily related to the view they had of us as a party — largely made by the former president — that we were sort of nasty and tended toward chaos,” Mr. McConnell told NBC News. 

Mr. McConnell added: “And oddly enough, even though that subset of voters did not approve of President Biden, they didn’t have enough confidence in us in several instances to give us the majority we needed.”

Republicans greatly fell short of expectations in a year that was anticipated to be a “red wave.”

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andy58-in-nh:
It's true: most people don't care for nastiness among the political class. So yes, Trump turned off a bunch of people.

But most folks also detest greed, dishonesty, and personal corruption.

Mitch.

Free Vulcan:
'Quality candidates' meaning Mitch code for Mitch cronies who are gonna vote for the same woke bloated pork fests like the Omnibus that Mitch just shepherded into being. So what's the point of even having a majority?

The real problem was Mitch didn't fund any candidate that wasn't a Mitch bootlicker, and he pulled money from candidates that lost by single digits to support his cronies, even over other Republicans.

EdinVA:
Well, given that EVERYTHING Trump has said has turned out to be true and EVERYTHING mitch has said has been a lie, I am left to surmise that the truth hurts..  :pondering:

Bigun:

--- Quote from: Free Vulcan on December 26, 2022, 03:26:36 pm ---'Quality candidates' meaning Mitch code for Mitch cronies who are gonna vote for the same woke bloated pork fests like the Omnibus that Mitch just shepherded into being. So what's the point of even having a majority?

The real problem was Mitch didn't fund any candidate that wasn't a Mitch bootlicker, and he pulled money from candidates that lost by single digits to support his cronies, even over other Republicans.

--- End quote ---

 :yowsa: pointing-up

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