Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has largely avoided weighing in on Donald Trump’s candidacy, especially over the past few months, but the senator on Wednesday night urged Kentucky residents to vote for the Republican nominee.
At a rally in Frankfort, Kentucky, McConnell told the crowd that “we need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America,” according to the Associated Press.
“If America votes like Kentucky, we’ll be fine,” he added.
McConnell’s remark voicing support for Trump follows several months during which the majority leader has refrained from commenting about the Republican nominee.
In early October, McConnell told attendees at an event in Kentucky that if they wanted him to talk about Trump, then they should “get up and leave, because I don’t have any observations to make on that.”
His refusal to talk about Trump came just a few days after the release of a 2005 tape revealing vulgar comments about women from Trump. McConnell condemned Trump’s remarks on the tape, but he did not pull his endorsement of the Republican nominee.
“If America votes like Kentucky, we’ll be fine,” he added.
But most of us won’t.
If there has ever been a less principled public “servant” than Mitch McConnell, I do not want to meet him.
Despicable craven bastard. Would be so sad if he suffered a paralyzing stroke at Hillary’s inauguration right there on the podium. One that leaves him cognizant of the fact that all the misery he’s ever worked for is going down in flames.
How much did you get for your soul, Mitch? An ounce of pottage?
It was easier to stay above the fray when he was going down in flames, wasn’t it Mitch?
Can you just imagine this craven group standing up to Trump? On anything?