Yesterday Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he will be stepping down from his leadership position at the end of this year. Note that he is not retiring from the Senate, only from his leadership role. It is tempting, at first glance, to feel empathy for Mitch who has some obvious health problems as well as problems with his own cohorts in the Senate who seem to feel that Mitchie isn’t quite radical enough, not quite committed enough to Trump and the far-right agenda. But a reminder of all the damage Mitch has done throughout the years quickly erases much of that empathy, as Robert Reich reminds us in his newsletter today. BUT … let the buyer beware … there is a nightmare in the last sentence.
GOODBYE, MITCH: YOU WERE THE WORST
But the Republicans might find someone even worse to replace you
By Robert Reich
29 February 2024
He will be remembered as one of the most dangerous politicians in living memory. He helped transform the Republican Party into a cult, worshiping at the altar of authoritarianism. He’s damaged our country in ways that may take a generation to undo…
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