Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin took Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to task for recently giving a speech where he took a swipe at Donald Trump "America first" policies he plans to implement after he is sworn in next year.
In a recent speech, the senior Republican never mentioned the president-elect's name but told a crowd in California, "But let’s be absolutely clear: America will not be made great again by those who are content to manage our decline."
According to Politico, McConnell's speech received a resounding ovation.
In her column, Rubin had a less generous view as she pointed out that there would be no worrying about Trump is prepared to do if McConnell had done the right thing during the president-elect's two impeachments.
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As Rubin explained, "Without minimizing the many factors responsible for reelecting the most unfit presidential candidate in U.S. history, we must not forget the singular role played in 2021 by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) in preventing then-President Donald Trump’s removal from office in his second impeachment trial, thereby enabling his return to office."
She called McConnell's newly found Trump angst, "grotesquely hypocritical," and added that his complaints now "ring hollow," when he had multiple opportunities to do damage to Trump in the past –– only to just look the other way.
The columnist suggested McConnell still has a chance to partially redeem himself, by refusing " to confirm — and even put a hold on — any nominee lacking the character, experience and independence to protect U.S. security. It’s a low bar, and yet many of Trump’s Cabinet picks blatantly fall below that standard."
"If, by chance, McConnell wants to avoid the dual ignominy of being the senator most responsible for risking America’s descent into authoritarianism and its reversion to a devastating 'America First' foreign policy, he might stiffen his spine, gather some Republican allies and put country above Trump," she recommended.
You can read her entire column here.