Originally posted by: MisterPicture
On the Senate floor just now, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, "The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people."
The rats are already deserting the sinking ship. Or is it the maggots (MAGgAts?) deserting the dog shit?
McConnell is nothing if not a savvy politician. He's calculated that the risks of staying aboard the sinking ship have grown to the point where they outweigh the benefits. After all, he has six more years in office (at least) to think about in the post-Trump era, including the possibility of becoming Majority Leader again. He's playing the long game now.
Of course, as with most of the other Republican rats, his turnaround will be seen as nakedly self-serving. But I doubt that he'll be held to account very much for his four solid years of Trump bootlicking and enabling. Most of the other Republican criminals will similarly suffer few or no consequences. Hell, many of them got reelected!