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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell: " "Even the slogan is the same. 'America First.' That was what they said in the '30s."
Dumbass who refused to impeach or in any way hold SHitler accountable when he had the chance is now grousing about how dangerous he is.
“We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before World War II,” he told The Financial Times in an article published Wednesday. “Even the slogan is the same. 'America First.' That was what they said in the '30s."
The phrase has roots in the 1850s nativist American Party and was used by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. The Ku Klux Klan adopted the slogan in the 1920s.
Indeed, the Anti-Defamation League urged Trump to rethink his usage of the slogan due to its past association with bigotry and pro-Nazi beliefs.
McConnell , a staunch critic of isolationism, pointed to influential Senate Republican Robert A Taft, the son of former President William Howard Taft, who he noted was "a raging isolationist" who opposed the creation of NATO and the Marshall Plan.
https://www.newsbreak.com/share/3711869256994-mcconnell-takes-another-swipe-at-trump-and-warns-even-his-slogan-echoes-the-1930s

BoRaGard
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Autumn
(47,624 posts)bif
(25,038 posts)usonian
(16,849 posts)Get fixed.
WhiteTara
(30,639 posts)Why do I doubt it?
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(616 posts)
The Unmitigated Gall
(4,710 posts)This is where your relentless partisanship and breaking of the norms has left us. At the mercy of an unrestrained fascist takeover. My shildren and grandchildren will live in an impoverished world because of your unreasoning hatred of a loyal opposition that tried to work with you at every turn.
I pray you live long enough to see what you have wrought. Then I hope your passing is drawn out and fraught with misery.
Attilatheblond
(5,563 posts)ColinC
(11,098 posts)Universal healthcare, more inclusive election reform, progressive taxes, etc. The GOP agenda which led to the largest wealth gap in almost a century, created the monster.
Scrivener7
(54,997 posts)Raven123
(6,515 posts)Mitch did nothing to stop him. America was in danger when Trump was president. Mitch did nothing to stop him. America was in danger when Trump incited an insurrection in 2021. Mitch did nothing. America was in danger with Trump as a candidate in 2024. Mitch did nothing.
Fact is Mitch benefited from Trump in every case. He expected Dems to take him down and saw a win-win. He and the GOP would blame Dems and ride the wave to more GOP wins.
One has to wonder if Mitch’s personal wealth may be at risk. No way on earth he is finally seeing the light.
Note: I posted this in another thread on Mitch as well.
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Maru Kitteh
(29,886 posts)His handlers are doubtless horrified. Expect him to go silent soon,
peregrinus
(409 posts)He’d like to be counted in with Master of Senate types like LBJ rather than Nazi goon types like Joseph McCarthy. History will look on him as one of the most destructive forces this country has ever seen. Fuck you Mitch McConnell, hope your final days on this planet are fraught with confusion, fear and pain.
relayerbob
(7,133 posts)Infestation more than once. Fuck him and the horse he rode in on
tanyev
(45,919 posts)And you supported him anyway.
ananda
(31,431 posts)Grrr
pfitz59
(11,422 posts)McTurtle packed the court which granted Trump 'immunity'. Fuck Mitch.
bif
(25,038 posts)allegorical oracle
(4,456 posts)2naSalit
(96,265 posts)Drove the fucking bus that got us here! I don't trust him even if he's telling the truth. His words are dust in the wind.
City Lights
(25,577 posts)bring polio back.
flashman13
(1,107 posts)McConnell is one of the few people in a position to screw with Trump. He has nothing to lose. He could actually do damage to Trump's agenda. I say go for it Mitch.
Skittles
(163,062 posts)is he just NOW realizing he helped to create a MONSTER who will be RUNNING AMOK?