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February 17, 2021, 6:54 am
Despite Twitter finally kicking Donald Trump to the curb in the final days of his presidency, it hasn’t completely done away with the United States being forced to hear from him any more than his leaving office has.
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On Tuesday, an email statement went out from Trump with the message “Save America.” The focus is on blasting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for “his lack of political insight, wisdom, skill, and personality,” making it clear that Trump is more than willing to maintain his personal grudges even when he can’t simply fire off tweets in the middle of the night.
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“Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again,” the statement reads. “He will never do what needs to be done, or what is right for our Country.”
Trump also goes on to say he plans to back Republicans who primary McConnell, essentially requesting loyalty to his own agenda in the process.
While the discernible purpose of the statement is to trash McConnell up and down, Trump also spends an overwhelming amount of time bragging about his own supposed accomplishments in office (“our economic recovery after Covid was the best in the world”), claiming disasters are already happening under the Biden administration (“illegals are pouring in, pipelines are being stopped, taxes will be going up”), and blaming the loss of Georgia’s Senate seats on Republicans opting to vote Democrat in retaliation for Georgia leaders not throwing the race to Trump.
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“McConnell did nothing, and will never do what needs to be done in order to secure a fair and just electoral system into the future,” Trump wrote.
Trump: “Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again. He will never do what needs to be done, or what is right for our Country.”
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— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) February 16, 2021
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The whole thing seems likely to be in response to McConnell’s scathing rebuke of Trump’s role in inciting the Capitol riot on January 6—a rebuke that ultimately meant nothing at all, considering it came mere moments after McConnell voted to acquit Trump of the same charge in his second impeachment trial.
Still, there’s no question that Trump took his words personally, as he continues to look around for anyone else to blame for his loss back in November other than himself. The 45th president always considered anyone who was not steadfastly loyal to him in every way his enemy while he was in office, there’s no reason to expect that to change now that he’ll have to fight even harder to stay relevant.
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And according to Politico, Trump actually had to be talked down from lashing out even more — a source claims that not only was the released draft “toned down” from Trump’s own words, but a portion that made fun of McConnell’s “multiple chins” was ultimately removed.
There is speculation that this deep divide between establishment Republicans and Trump Republicans will continue to split the party during the next election, if not longer. What that will look like for Congress in 2022, and for Mitch McConnell in particular, is anyone’s guess. But at this rate, the ride is bound to be interesting.
*First Published: February 17, 2021, 6:54 am
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