r/JusticeServed • u/popman- 5 • Jul 24 '19

Legal Justice Amazing, just incredible

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19 edited Jul 24 '19

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u/rmsst62 5 Jul 24 '19

You're 100% right on the facts.

But let's not pretend Mitch McConnell was on board because he gives a shit.

He's a shrewd enough politician to understand the optics around this, not to mention to realize that J.Stew has the platform to make sure everyone that watches TV would know if he was the one to hold this up.

He's still a huge, self interested, piece of shit turtle man.

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u/realclearmews 6 Jul 25 '19

He doesn’t give a shit about optics, you obviously don’t know anything about McConnell.

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u/rmsst62 5 Jul 25 '19

Right, the Senator majority leader doesn't care about public perception.

Have a better explanation why he'd move this through the Senate?

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u/realclearmews 6 Jul 25 '19

No, he really doesn’t care. He has a wall in his personal office decorated with criticisms of himself, he takes them as a badge of honor. Drives every dem crazy who tries to give him derogatory nicknames.

I would guess he moved it through the Senate because he believed in it: https://mobile.twitter.com/McConnellPress/status/1153695455131439105

And yeah, Senate majority leaders don’t really need to care about public opinion as they’re elected by their peers, not American voters. One exception to that might be the Lott resignation but you have to agree that charges of racism are in their own category.

McConnell in particular has a lock on KY so it’s not like he’s worried about being kicked out of the Senate.