Mitch McConnell's 'Revealing' Remarks About His Moral Red Lines

[GMDino]

Spoiler alert:  He has none.

Of course it would have to start with having morals...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-moral-red-lines_n_624f7391e4b0be72bfe6bbf1

Quote:A reporter asked the Senate Minority leader how he could support Donald Trump after holding him "morally responsible" for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
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By 
Josephine Harvey
Apr. 7, 2022, 09:24 PM EDT | Updated Apr. 8, 2022







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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) gave a telling nonanswer to a question about his moral boundaries that circulated widely on social media Thursday.

“You are known for playing a ruthless style of politics. Where do you draw your moral red lines?” Axios’ Jonathan Swan asked the Kentucky Republican in an interview.



McConnell joked that “my wife thinks I’m a really nice guy” and then said he was “shocked to hear such a comment.”

“I’m perfectly comfortable with the way I’ve conducted my political career,” he added when Swan pressed again, saying he’d be happy to respond to specific examples.



Swan then cited McConnell’s speech in February 2021 following the second impeachment vote over former President Donald Trump’s role in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.

“You said Donald Trump’s actions preceding the Jan. 6 insurrection were ‘a disgraceful dereliction of duty’ and that he was ‘practically and morally responsible’ ― your words ― ‘for provoking the events of that day,’” Swan told the senator.





“How do you go from saying that to, two weeks later, saying you’d absolutely support Donald Trump if he’s the Republican nominee in 2024?”

.@jonathanvswan asks Mitch McConnell where he draws his moral redlines pic.twitter.com/is7WZqSuhx

— Axios (@axios) April 7, 2022


McConnell said it should not be surprising that he would support the nominee of his party and that he feels an obligation to do so.

Swan then wondered if there was anything a Republican nominee could do to lose McConnell’s support.
The senator avoided answering, responding only: “I say many things I’m sure many people don’t understand.”

Wow, what a revealing exchange. When @jonathanvswan asks McConnell where his "moral red lines are," McConnell stumbles, stalls for time and simply cannot come up with an answer. https://t.co/BVbO1tezNz

— Adam Jentleson ? (@AJentleson) April 7, 2022

 


The exchange drew sharp rebukes from commentators online, many of whom interpreted McConnell’s response as an indicator of his fealty to his party over the country.

[BigPapaKain]

McConnell's moral red lines are acting with actual morality and that's about it. Dude would stomp on a box of puppies if he thought it'd score him any sort of political points.