Moving On. . .

(Moving On. . .)

For Senate Republican Leader, both Majority and Minority, Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Donald Trump was never a welcome addition to the GOP. During the 2016 Campaign, McConnell wanted the Republican candidate dropped like a hot rock. In the end, however, Trump won and he and McConnell were able to place new conservative justices on the Supreme Court but after that, Trump had outlived his usefulness and indeed, cost the 2020 Republican Senate the Majority because Trump-backed contenders generally lost. Now that the former President is under federal indictment, the Senate Republican Conference will be remaining quiescent and not be "rallying" in support of Trump and that is in contrast to GOP House members.


Despite current poll standings. it is also McConnell's position that Trump cannot ultimately prevail. Iowa, the first Caucus state was mentioned and as far as that contest is away, next February or so, would Iowa Republicans still be willing to vote for Trump with all this additional baggage ? The same thing in New Hampshire ? South Carolina ? The entire 2024 cycle and will Trump still hold his appeal ? Senator McConnell is not one to think so and any resolution to this case would not transpire till after the 2024 Election.


That being the case, it would be foolish to vote for someone so emersed in legal difficulty. Trump's draw had to be so compromised as to all but remove him from consideration. The assessment of Trump's chances have been discounted for these past months and the evidence is the same that is suggesting to Senator McConnell. Donald Trump will not be President again but it must be said that Democrats had to break every rule in the book to keep Trump from a second term.


It has not escaped notice that the timing of these indictments is coinciding with the bribery allegations being leveled at President Biden. Some $5 million was paid to the then Vice President Biden from that Ukrainian gas company of which son Hunter was a board member.


To conclude, McConnell is not alone in his predicting Trump's defeat. People that voted for Biden in 2020 are not likely to switch to Trump next year. To be sure. re-electing the President will be a catastrophe and as one can think things are bad now, they will probably only get worse as Democrats will in all likelihood re-take the House and keep the Senate. It will be like three years ago but, this time, the President will be less inhibited. Move on from there.

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