Why McConnell Is Missing In Action
January 15, 2019 at 7:32 am EST By Taegan Goddard
Paul Kane: “McConnell’s absence is completely misunderstood. Many think that there is no deal because he is on the sideline, but in fact it’s the opposite: He is on the sidelines because there is no deal to be had, at least not yet.”
“There is a fundamental divide that cannot be bridged by a mathematical slight of hand the way McConnell helped resolve other impasses — move a little money from this account into that one, cut taxes from these workers but increase them on a few others. No, this is fundamental: Trump wants a border wall, Pelosi is morally opposed to that. There’s no old-school-appropriator resolution.”
Politico: “A handful of Senate Republicans are expressing frustration with their party’s handling of the ongoing government shutdown. But Mitch McConnell is a long way from facing any sort of rebellion.”
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... NOT to shutdown the government before Christmas.
It was McConnell and several other GOP leaders that all tried to make Cheeto listen. But he wouldn't listen and he went ahead and shut it down, because nobody can tell him what to do. So now McConnell has no intention of saving Cheeto's butt, at least not yet. Whenever he changes his mind, I guess we'll all know. Maybe we need a few more protest parades?
