Sen. Mitch McConnell has executed so much for this nation. Sorry. Make that “to.” He is executed so much to this nation. Issues like stealing two Supreme Courtroom seats, creating the fixed debt ceiling disaster, and surrendering his get together to Donald Trump.
McConnell has promised to step down as Republican chief within the Senate in November. Contemplating his function in destroying the courts, warping the Senate, and elevating Trump above the regulation, it appears solely proper to ship McConnell a going-away current, as he is the longest-serving Senate chief in historical past.
And what higher current than what McConnell known as his “worst nightmare” state of affairs.
That nightmare isn’t only a win by Vice President Kamala Harris and working mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. It’s greater than that. What actually worries McConnell is a Democratic clear sweep.
“Let’s assume our worst nightmare: the Democrats went to the White Home, the Home, the Senate,” McConnell mentioned throughout his Aug. 7 keynote speech on the Nationwide Convention of State Legislatures Legislative Summit.
If that occurred, McConnell warned Republicans, “The first thing they’ll do is get rid of the filibuster. Second, you’ll have two new states, D.C. [and] Puerto Rico. That’s four new Democratic senators in perpetuity.”
A Democratic White Home, Home, and Senate all working collectively to offer statehood to Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, (assuming that’s what Puerto Ricans need, which is difficult) serving to to alleviate the lopsided illustration of sparsely populated purple states within the Senate and Electoral Faculty. And Democratic Senate management lastly abolishing the filibuster, that means the whole lot doesn’t must struggle for the approval of Republican management earlier than it will possibly go.
And now, about that Supreme Courtroom …
“If they get those two new states and pack the Supreme Court, they’ll get what they want,” McConnell mentioned.
We will solely dream, Mitch. We will solely dream.
