In this episode of “The Misadventures of The Turtle™”…
Poor Mitch. He mad. Still.
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told CBS News on Sunday that he’s still “very upset” with President Donald Trump over his perceived role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol incident.
Isn’t it odd that Mitch chose to trot himself over to CBS’s “60 Minutes” to whine to TDS-riddled host Leslie Stahl about Trump and Jan. 6? Of course it’s not; McConnell knew Stahl would totally agree with him — and eagerly join him in trashing Trump.
Stahl kicked off the festivities, predictably — knowing how McConnell would respond:
Well, we haven’t spoken for quite a while. I was very upset about what happened January 6.
It was game on for the two peas in a pod, as Stahl primed the pump.
You had to be evacuated from the Senate along with other leaders. Your staff was in your office. The rioters were banging on your door. Someone with a flagpole broke a window into your office.
McConnell was ready.
Yeah. Well, my staff in the Capitol was putting furniture up against the doors … to prevent the rioters from outside from breaking the doors and getting at them. And what was it about? To try to prevent the orderly transfer of government, which had never happened in our country.
Stahl continued to fan McConnell’s flames.
Your staff, after the crisis was over, you went and spoke with them. You – it was a highly emotional situation. You remember?
“Oh, I remember well,” McConnell said, prompting Stahl to ask if he remembers what he told his staff. Mitch was on it:
Yeah, I remember what I told them. President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. That’s the way I still feel about it.
Couple of rhetorical questions, Mitch.
As President Trump and a strong majority of Republican members of both chambers of Congress are working tirelessly to unite the party after four disastrous years of the Biden-Harris administration doing its best to destroy America as we’ve known it — much of the destruction intentional — why do you continue your unwinnable battle?
And as a former Republican leader, why can’t you set aside your beliefs about events that occurred more than four years ago, in the best interests of your party and the tens of millions of Americans who decisively elected this president to a second term because they desperately wanted the changes he promised, and on which he is delivering?
I got this one. Because The Turtle™ is still butthurt, and that is more important to him than the state of this country.
Stahl still wanted more from McConnell — and she was well aware that he was more than willing to give it to her.
What are your views on President Trump and his supporters trying to change what happened on January 6? They’re calling it a “day of love.” They called the rioters “martyrs.”
Mitch went all in: “Yeah. No, it– it was an insurrection.”
Stahl then broached the subject of Trump pardoning the J-6ers.
What about the pardons for the people who stormed the Capitol that day?
Shockingly (ahem), McConnell agreed:
I– I think pardoning the people who’ve been convicted is a mistake.
And there it was. Whether one agrees with Trump’s pardons or the scope of them, McConnell again showed his true self — including choosing “enemy territory,” as it were, to do so.
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So here’s the thing.
The events of January 6, 2021, will be debated for decades, if not longer. Historians will record the events, what led to them, and what didn’t, and assign blame as they see fit.
Likewise, those who were there, those who reported on it, and those who believe it’s to their political advantage to view Jan. 6 one way or another will continue to cling to their various takes.
But what benefits to himself and his legacy does 82-year-old Mitch McConnell possibly see in continuing to hold his ground? I got nothin’ — other than Mitch’s continued bitterness.
