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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:20 AM Jan 2017

Sen. McConnell: What Republicans want

McConnell:
"All we want is for Democrats to treat President Trump the way Republicans treated President Obama."
I saw a clip on TV today of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) saying that.

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Sen. McConnell: What Republicans want (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2017 OP
ok then.... dhill926 Jan 2017 #1
Finally BeyondGeography Jan 2017 #2
game on spanone Jan 2017 #3
Ditto! AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #4
Is that a cry for help? n/t targetpractice Jan 2017 #5
You know what category that falls into HassleCat Jan 2017 #6
So they want Democratic leaders to plot to obstruct Trump Caliman73 Jan 2017 #7
Granted. oasis Jan 2017 #8
Got it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 #9
Sounds like a challenge. hells Jan 2017 #10
OK, McTurtle. Wish granted meow2u3 Jan 2017 #11
Works for me. Dem2 Jan 2017 #12
Must be. It's prevalent among most of the GOP leaders and their base. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #42
Sorry McConnell, we have too much class for that. meadowlander Jan 2017 #13
He really said that? Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #14
Well, if that is all they want then Trump is in Doreen Jan 2017 #15
Should be easy. John Lee Pettimore Jan 2017 #16
what show? onenote Jan 2017 #17
You want total obstruction for the next 4 years? milestogo Jan 2017 #18
Got it!! Lifelong Protester Jan 2017 #19
Will do, Mitch McFUCKstick. 47of74 Jan 2017 #20
Well let's get busy C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #21
We need to shout it from the rooftops: YOU LIE!!!! Initech Jan 2017 #25
Really? Turbineguy Jan 2017 #22
We can do that!! n/t GP6971 Jan 2017 #23
Well......... duh! Initech Jan 2017 #24
Umm? No you do not bravenak Jan 2017 #26
People are saying donnie was born in russia unblock Jan 2017 #27
guess that means he's not putting anyone on the Supreme Court. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #28
He must think we are as... 3catwoman3 Jan 2017 #29
Well color me surprised! Finally found something I agree on with No-Lips Mitch! BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #30
What Republicans want - the economic, physical and mental destruction of the American People Impedimentus Jan 2017 #31
Excellent reply! SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #43
Has anyone actually gotten a look at Trump's birth certificate? forgotmylogin Jan 2017 #32
Bill Maher has - it was released as part of the lawsuit about Trump being part orange orangutang Impedimentus Jan 2017 #33
This is how they treated Obama, and we damn well SHOULD ABSOLUTELY follow suit. onecaliberal Jan 2017 #34
No problem game on ebbie15644 Jan 2017 #35
Where will get the wackos like on the Right Wing hate radio to attack Trump? rgbecker Jan 2017 #36
He should be very happy then. Kablooie Jan 2017 #37
Well Mitch, drumpf's bitch, here we go...... democratisphere Jan 2017 #38
I doubt he really does. McConnell trying to deny the horrid treatment of SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #39
Hold my beer. forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #40
Easily done, Mitch. In fact, we'll probably be a bit nicer since I haven't read any death threats. Vinca Jan 2017 #41
Wait! RobinA Jan 2017 #44

Caliman73

(11,735 posts)
7. So they want Democratic leaders to plot to obstruct Trump
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:25 AM
Jan 2017

To guarantee that he is a "one term president". These people have no sense of shame. Does he not know that we have these things called cameras and recording devices that capture your exact words and image? He fucking said that his goal was to block everything Obama did.

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
11. OK, McTurtle. Wish granted
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:27 AM
Jan 2017

We'll treat Trump the exact same way you treated Obama, all right! Be careful what you wish for...you just might get it.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
12. Works for me.
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:30 AM
Jan 2017

Is stupidity and lack of self awareness a required trait when signing up for the Republican party?

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
14. He really said that?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:32 AM
Jan 2017

Now I know that Repubs have their irony detectors removed when they sign up for the party.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
15. Well, if that is all they want then Trump is in
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:35 AM
Jan 2017

for one hell of a rough ride. Yes sir, we will treat him with the same lack of respect.

16. Should be easy.
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:36 AM
Jan 2017

Treat the commie president like shit. I just wish the commie had to face a majority democratic congress. His path will be much easier to walk.

onenote

(42,700 posts)
17. what show?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:36 AM
Jan 2017

Earlier this month he said that the Democrats in the Senate should treat Trump's cabinet nominees the way Republicans treated Obama's nominees, which is a bit different than saying he wants Democrats to treat Trump the way repubs treated Obama.

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)
29. He must think we are as...
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 01:03 AM
Jan 2017

...stupid as his constituents who keep re-electing him.

Do these idiots not know they are on record saying all the horrible things they have said over he last 8 years, or does he really believ his own BS?

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
30. Well color me surprised! Finally found something I agree on with No-Lips Mitch!
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 01:03 AM
Jan 2017

I hope, sincerely hope, that congressional Dems in both House and Senate will give the same respect to Trumputin that Republicans have given President Obama for eight years.

Impedimentus

(898 posts)
31. What Republicans want - the economic, physical and mental destruction of the American People
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 01:15 AM
Jan 2017

Eventually possess absolute power. They want to:

Squeeze every last cent out of the middle class and the poor, to exploit them and then incarcerate them in the landfill of poverty, disease, despair and death.

They want the oligarchs to not only rule the economy, but to control the everyday mode of American life. The want control of the market place, the workplace, the schools, the offices and the bedroom.

They want to destroy public education and dumb down the general population.

They want to maintain social control using paramilitary thugs and theocratic radicals.

They want a 100% welfare state for the rich and the multi-national corporations, including destroying Social Security, Medicare, affordable health care the implementation of an unfair tax system that funnels all heath to the 0.01%.

They want the poor, the old, and the middle class to die early once they can no longer be exploited.

They want to deny freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and to destroy a free press.

They want to turn religion into the worship of a capitalist economy where good is defined by wealth and evil by poverty.

They want to destroy all government regulation that benefits or protects the working classes.

They want to control the bedroom and the bathroom.

They want you to like them while they destroy your lives and deny your children a happy and prosperous future.

They want to transform the Supreme Court into the Supreme Corporate Court .

They want to privatize social security so that Goldman Sachs and the vampire squid banks can use the trust fund as their casino chip piggybank.

They want to emasculate the bankruptcy system so that only the corporate welfare state is protected.

They want to sentence the old, the weak, the poor and the intelligentsia to the landfill of lost hope, ensuring that they die an early and joyless death.

They want to crush the young people, the students under a mountain of student debt.

They want endless war so they can profit off of the suffering and sacrifice of our youth.

And these things are only the beginning of their agenda. Wait until they get deadly serious - it will be ugly.

This is Old Vulture Mitche's wet dream.

forgotmylogin

(7,527 posts)
32. Has anyone actually gotten a look at Trump's birth certificate?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 01:18 AM
Jan 2017

We should very much remind him every day that we need to make sure he's a citizen. Cause people are saying he was born in Mexico and he's doing this Evita thing where he rejects the middle class which rejected him...

rgbecker

(4,830 posts)
36. Where will get the wackos like on the Right Wing hate radio to attack Trump?
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 02:22 AM
Jan 2017


Take a look at this video if you need a reminder.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
38. Well Mitch, drumpf's bitch, here we go......
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 06:06 AM
Jan 2017

No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No......................................................No, No, No and No!

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
39. I doubt he really does. McConnell trying to deny the horrid treatment of
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 08:58 AM
Jan 2017

President Obama gor eight years. Is he going to get away with it?

RobinA

(9,888 posts)
44. Wait!
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 09:23 AM
Jan 2017

Three dimensional chess? Maybe he wants Dems to do their work for them. That way they can accuse us of obstructing all Donnie's great ideas without having to take the fall themselves.

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