Since Mitch McConnell announced that he will not run for reelection, many have described him as “liberated.” Indeed, McConnell voted against more Trump nominees than any other GOP member did. @markleibovich.bsky.social met the senator to find out if he feels freer now: theatln.tc/CGuAEdHe - ThreadSky

theatlantic.com • 25 days ago

Since Mitch McConnell announced that he will not run for reelection, many have described him as “liberated.” Indeed, McConnell voted against more Trump nominees than any other GOP member did.

@markleibovich.bsky.social met the senator to find out if he feels freer now: https://theatln.tc/CGuAEdHe

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dowhatknauw.bsky.social•25 days ago

so brave

mrbrewski.bsky.social•25 days ago

Yes but when the USA needed McConnell to do the right thing in January 2021, he didn’t. He should be in prison and an international pariah.

dersertdry1.bsky.social•25 days ago

McConnell is single handedly responsible for Adolph Trump. McConnell could have guaranteed his impeachment conviction years ago. McConnell is liberated from NOTHING. Let the door hit him in the ass on his way out.

mkraft34.bsky.social•25 days ago

He’s probably thinking something like, “Just how hot is Hell and is it worth it to pack anything other than t-shirts and shorts?”

jabowic.bsky.social•25 days ago

He created this mess!

jdt3237.bsky.social•25 days ago

Mitch McConnell - the latest member of the 'I Backed t Against My Better Judgement and to the Detriment of the Country Club'.

bldgman.bsky.social•25 days ago

maybe he's thinking I could have stopped all this with impeachment but I was too much of a spineless coward

webeobe.bsky.social•25 days ago

He still enabled the 🍊💩to become president again. Too little too late.

persisted.bsky.social•25 days ago

And he caved at a critical moment that has affected all of America in the formation of the Supreme Court

rummyrufusrudy.bsky.social•25 days ago

Too little too late. McConnell is why the Supreme Court is stacked in trump’s favour and have given him pretty much free reign to destroy whatever he wants. We’re living this sh*t show because of Mitch McConnell.

gitamccheetah.bsky.social•24 days ago

He did his job. 🔥

carljungfranz.bsky.social•25 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/carljungfranz.bsky.social/post/3ljs5rbisz224

smyers.bsky.social•25 days ago

... It's so groovy to float around sometimes
Even a jellyfish will agree to that
Yeah, but that old jellyfish
Been floatin' around so long
Lord, he ain't got a bone
In his jelly back
-- Jimi Hendrix

debhayward.bsky.social•25 days ago

He is thinking that he fucked up. And he did.

kevvers.bsky.social•25 days ago

"Senator Susan Collins, the moderate Republican of Maine, told me" - please correct this error in the story

itsnotmyfault80.bsky.social•25 days ago

Which shows that he wanted this shit, he didn’t have to like Lindsay who’s afraid his pedophilia will be exposed

aobmotomasa.bsky.social•25 days ago

Mitch is a HUGE cog in the machinery that has put Trump in office for the second time. His sudden mea culpa at the end of his career is not going to undo decades of unweaving the fabric of the nation.

robertelewis.bsky.social•25 days ago

Mitch McConnell is another example of The Walking Dead. He is dead, even though he's alive.

goodwinm.bsky.social•25 days ago

Too little, too late.

prodger.bsky.social•25 days ago

Mitch McConnell, profile in courage. Still not buying Kentucky bourbon.

t0nye.bsky.social•25 days ago

Too little, too late. Should democracy fail, it will be his legacy, and if it survives, it will be in spite of his assholery.

joannefinegan.bsky.social•25 days ago

Too little too late, sadly.

beautyjunkie2021.bsky.social•25 days ago

I still don't trust him.

billhunt.bsky.social•25 days ago

I once recall reading that Mitch said something to the effect that “I won’t be happy until the Federal Government was shrunk down to the size of an outhouse.”

lardog.bsky.social•25 days ago

Should have saved us when he had the chance instead of dooming the country. I wish him nothing but misery.

iremgo.bsky.social•25 days ago

Shame he only found the guts now.

mightyq25.bsky.social•25 days ago

The guy literally gave us #tRump! YOU HAD A CHANCE TO RID THE WORLD OF THIS MAN AND YOU DID NOTHING!
#mcconnell you sold your soul & the #soulofamerica to the devil himself.

bluewriter25.bsky.social•25 days ago

Interesting to see how things shake out when you no longer are in love with Trumps corrupt power, right?

oquillia.bsky.social•25 days ago

History will count him among the millions of traitors

oblio.bsky.social•25 days ago

Subtitle: “A Portrait of Cowardice”

What this interview tells us is that McConnell has principles…he just abandons them whenever there’s an opportunity for power or profit.

wilschuiteman.bsky.social•25 days ago

Too little, too late!

plummeran.bsky.social•25 days ago

He's thinking: "I care as much now as I always have, which is I don't give a fuck about this country, and I need to talk to my financial guy and accountant to see how much $$ I can make from this"

screever.bsky.social•25 days ago

Please don’t scrub this monsters history.

He’s evil garbage and deserves no peace.

svgeek.bsky.social•25 days ago

His cowardice will be remembered. If we have not let history be rewritten.

shoktona.bsky.social•24 days ago

now everyone—Ds & Rs—hate him

mbadgett61.bsky.social•25 days ago

Mitch is responsible for the total collapse of the Republican party. Trump is President because of McConnell's lack of a moral compass. His focus on power has created a party and President that only cares about power and believes in nothing.

bergse.bsky.social•25 days ago

This lame duck POS is the reason we are now watching our democracy disappear. I feel nothing but contempt for this despicable person!

livinlikemclovin.bsky.social•25 days ago

So brave of him

colmustard77.bsky.social•25 days ago

Why is it that it seems everyone is giving Romney a pass? He’s been very quiet and voting along with all of the orange agenda. His tax cuts mean more to him than democracy.

robw73.bsky.social•25 days ago

A shame he wasn’t “liberated” enough when in office - because he (amongst others) is why the world is where it is right now. Because he is an enabler for Cheeto Jesus and his fascistic fever dreams. History will not be kind to people like “Moscow Mitch”.

virgogirlj.bsky.social•24 days ago

But that means nothing because Mitch is partially responsible for the mess we’re in now. Bravery is taking a stand when you have much to lose. Mitch has nothing to lose now so his stand is meaningless.

petit-a.bsky.social•25 days ago

Maybe Mitch can hang out with Arthur Brooks in the old-ghouls section of The Atlantic.

concernedgirl.bsky.social•25 days ago

Too little too late

majorcyco.bsky.social•25 days ago

Let me be blunt… Mitch McConnell is directly responsible for what is happening today… degrading Constitution, breakdown in government, mass firing, betraying allies and abandoning friends. Fuck Mitch McConnell and this revisionist history.

truckle4evr.bsky.social•25 days ago

I can think of nothing that McConnell could do to redeem himself. His radical politics are what put us where we are today.

kiwaldo.bsky.social•25 days ago

Couldn't find a smaller deficit of fucks to give over what Mitch is thinking. Hope he likes the Party of No whirlwind he reaped.

kjellbjorn.bsky.social•25 days ago

Albert Speer was also a vocal opponent of the nazi regime after the war. Brave men him and Mitch!

faithpeacelove.bsky.social•25 days ago

He is remembering the constitution and that he represents the people not what is wrong.

katiebrown33.bsky.social•25 days ago

He deserves no praise

johnniekingston.bsky.social•25 days ago

He should have voted to impeach!

eyeballhatred.bsky.social•25 days ago

Convict. Let's make that Project 2027.

bruiserxo.bsky.social•25 days ago

There is a very short list of people I care about less than Mitch McConnell. I hope the worst for him, frankly.

drborsh.bsky.social•25 days ago

Mitch can fu@k the hell off. A spineless coward who let his country down.

tonyahamilton.bsky.social•25 days ago

No one can match Mark Leibovitz’s snark. Great article.

blake84.bsky.social•25 days ago

Fat lot of good that did. We won’t forget his traitorous role and cowardice with respect to running cover for Orange transgender hips after J6.

tancred1098.bsky.social•25 days ago

But his earlier tactics and votes helped bring us to this. No end of career kudos for this democracy wrecker from me.

estimatedeyes.bsky.social•25 days ago

He will never not be an ahole!

gerrylev.bsky.social•25 days ago

This makes Mitch's legacy even worse he now looks like he was totally gutless when the country needed real leadership.

slowrobot.bsky.social•25 days ago

cynical coward.

mainelylizzie.bsky.social•25 days ago

I do not give a shit what that traitor is thinking.

eyeballhatred.bsky.social•25 days ago

Thank you.

bluehorseshoe42.bsky.social•25 days ago

The guy that sabotaged Obama's effort to rebuild the middle class after the Financial Crisis, literally stole the Supreme Court, and then shielded Trump from conviction now all of a sudden wants to "do the right thing"?

Fuck off, Mitch

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