{"id":27272,"date":"2024-01-27T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=27272"},"modified":"2024-01-27T11:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T16:15:49","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-is-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/mitch-mcconnell-is-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell is the Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mitch McConnell battles for first place in the rogues&#8217; gallery of useless RINOs that includes Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Liz Cheney.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/25\/mitch-mcconnell-tried-to-bait-and-switch-americans-on-behalf-of-ukraine-and-biden-its-not-trumps-fault-he-failed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell claimed that he had agreed to a fantastic Democrat plan that would both give a hundred billion dollars to Zelensky and somehow magically end illegal immigration at the Mexican border.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only catch to this miracle was that we would have to approve the bill without seeing what it said.\u00a0 But then he claimed that this wonderful plan was upended because Donald Trump didn&#8217;t want to fix the border until after the election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;If McConnell had truly believed it would be a grave mistake for Republicans to walk away from the mysterious legislation he helped craft, he would have released it for the public to see how fabulous it was. He didn\u2019t do that because he knows it would have been unacceptable, not to Trump, but to voters.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McConnell needs to be replaced with an actual American.\u00a0 And since he&#8217;s barely alive almost anyone will be an improvement.<\/p>\n<p>How about<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Steve-Urkel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27273\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Steve-Urkel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Steve-Urkel.png 350w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Steve-Urkel-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitch McConnell battles for first place in the rogues&#8217; gallery of useless RINOs that includes Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Liz Cheney. 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