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This is likely going to be unpopular, but McConnell, for all his faults, is one of the last remaining bulwarks of somewhat sane GOP machinery. I don't like the guy, but he's immeasurably better than having a MAGA fuckstick running the Senate caucus.
All that said, when your politician needs to be rebooted in the middle of public appearances, it's time to trade it in for a newer model.
The first part of your comment may be true, but it's leaving out an important caveat: he's very much directly responsible for the current state of his party, and the rabid base he helped create.
I think that's some important context.
I'm scarcely excusing his actions on a number of fronts, especially the SCOTUS clusterfuck he engineered. But his support for riling the base up was of the Tea Party, not MAGA, flavour.
That seems like a distinction without a difference.
I think the point they're trying to make is 'McConnell might be horrendous shit, but at least he's not horrendous diarrhea'.
He's literally the leader of the legislative branch of the Republican party. It would be absurd to act like he bears no responsibility for the direction of his party.
"He wanted a Squirtle, not a Blastoise"
He doesn't deserve less culpability just because he underestimated how much evil he'd do
Underrated comment. Arsonists don't get clemency for the things they didn't intend to burn.
He's one of the elements holding back the monster he created. MFer vetoed his own bill after Obama came out in support of it.