McConnell Thanks ‘The Mob’ Against Kavanaugh For Giving GOP A ‘Great Political Gift’ Before Midterms

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In an interview with the Washington Post just hours before the final vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the opposition against the judge a “great political gift” for Republicans ahead of midterms.

“It’s been a great political gift for us. The tactics have energized our base,” McConnell said. “I want to thank the mob, because they’ve done the one thing we were having trouble doing, which was energizing our base.”

Read the Washington Post’s interview here.

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  1. He likes to rape and then parade the woman around to the rest of the party, thanking her for the great fuck.

  2. We’ll see. Mitch. We’ll just see. Talk is pretty cheap right now.

    I believe most of your folks will be back into their self-induced stupor well before then.
    After all, Mission Accomplished amirite? Who needs followup?

    We’ll see…

  3. Once a dick, always a dick.

  4. Not understanding this. Once Bart is installed, what’s to energize feral trumpers into voting? Once again, they got what they wanted. What’s left? Yertle gave Dems the energy. Gaslighting again, I see.

  5. The mob…? Not simply your fellow citizens letting their voices and dissent be heard?

    Go on, gloat all you want you fucking, divisive miscreant. When it all comes down around your head, we’ll remember this moment.

    “…when they finally put you in the ground, we’ll stand there laughing and tramp the dirt down…” - Elvis Costello

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