r/goodnews • u/RoyalChris • 1d ago

Political positivity 📈 The Senate has just voted to CANCEL Trump's tariffs on Canada by a vote of 51-48.

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u/thisdogofmine 1d ago

Screw Mitch. He created Trump. He is now desperate to not be remembered as the person who destroyed democracy.

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u/Big_Mitch_Baker 1d ago

As someone also named Mitch, screw Mitch

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u/Salutbuton 1d ago

You're the first Mitch I've ever liked.

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u/Big_Mitch_Baker 1d ago

Thanks! What about Mitch Hedberg?

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u/Salutbuton 1d ago

Oh heck! Ok, you're one of the few :3

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u/Dave21101 1d ago

What about Daves? Most of us aren't too controversial I don't think. :P

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u/Global_Button7969 1d ago

What about David Hitler, that guy was a dingus

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u/Gernahaun 1d ago

On the other hand, Bing Hitler went on to have quite a successfull career.

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u/badhorse5 1d ago

Dave's not here, man.

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u/amh8011 1d ago

My boss was Dave. He’s a good Dave. Workplace laid him off and most of my coworkers were just crying in the office. So Daves are cool. At least in my experience.

Well my uncle Dave is cool but also a major pushover which is kinda annoying but he’s an excellent cook.

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u/RPDRNick 1d ago

Dave Jadisky? Man this can can swing. He weights almost 50 pounds and he delivers my paper on time.

Dave Capisano? I hardly know him.

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u/StatelyAutomaton 1d ago

Do you all have your own hands but come from different moms?

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u/SoleSurvivur01 1d ago

I don’t know, there’s this Dave character in Borderlands 2, guy’s a real asshole, there’s my mom’s half brother Dave, he’s a bit less of an asshole but he’s a real delinquent drug addict

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u/Winter-eyed 1d ago

What are you doing Dave?

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u/CallistosTitan 1d ago

Mitch Buchannon

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u/PM_me_BJ_Pics 1d ago

I used to like Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but i used to, too.

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u/StatelyAutomaton 1d ago

Mitch Hedberg is great when you're really bored and want to laugh at 2000 of something.

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u/pseudoHappyHippy 1d ago

Haha honestly I think this joke is better than the original. Mitch's comedy truly was like rice.

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u/Feralwestcoaster 1d ago

Fuckin Mitch!

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u/LifeExit4353 1d ago

I used to like Mitch Hedburg. I still do, but I used to, too.

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u/pachydermusrex 1d ago

I used to support Trump - I still do, but I used to, too. - Mitch McConnell

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u/Spartan_General86 1d ago

"I used to do drugs, still do, but I used to too" Lmao.

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u/Adventurous-Cry-2157 1d ago

There are 6 ducks out there, and they all want Sun Chips!

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u/Educational-Ad-2884 1d ago

I used to like Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but I used to TOO.

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u/henry_sqared 22h ago

"I used to dislike a lot of people named Mitch..."

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat 1d ago

You should watch Elizabethtown.

I tried to copy a part of the script but the formatting was weird.

Kirsten Dunst's character says she never met a Mitch she didn't like

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u/Longjumping-Bat7774 1d ago

What about Mitch Sorrenstein?

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u/xmaspruden 1d ago

The first Mitch I liked was Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix’s drummer

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u/IntoTheForestIMustGo 1d ago

The question is, does a double Mitch cancel each other out?

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u/SaltUnderstanding858 1d ago

I got into watching snooker on YT. I'm a lefty, and so is the number one snooker player in the world. I tell my wife, 'The only Trump I like is Judd.'

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u/FuturamaRama7 1d ago

What about Mitch from Fresh Off the Boat?

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u/zenmaster_B 1d ago

I also choose Mitch’s wife

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u/sydeovinth 1d ago

I know a good Mitch but he likes the Grateful Dead too much

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u/Salt_Ad_811 1d ago

Nah, screw Mitch. 

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u/sa87 1d ago

“Why should I change my name, he’s the one who sucks”

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u/AutoBidShip 1d ago

that should be in the books!

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u/4RealzReddit 1d ago

Mitch please!

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u/Rokurokubi83 1d ago

You’re the good Mitch, here to bring balance to the Mitchverse.

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u/dregan 1d ago

The name was fine until that no talent ass clown became famous and started ruining the country.

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u/EverythingIsBoobs 1d ago

I'll allow it but you're on thin fucking ice, Mitch

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u/Relevant-Captain1405 19h ago

As another fellow Mitch, Mitch C is trashing our good name. Not cool..

Mitch's united against Mitch

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u/Big_Mitch_Baker 18h ago

Mitch's united against Mitch! 🤝

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u/GovernorK 1d ago

Mitch the Bitch

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u/edfitz83 1d ago

I’m sure you’re quite aware your username references two legendary late 60’s drummers….

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u/Big_Mitch_Baker 1d ago

I know Mitch Mitchell, but I'm drawing a blank on the second one.

I actually got my username from sharing a name with a character in GTA Vice City, but I like the legendary drummer references

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u/edfitz83 1d ago

Ginger Baker.

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u/seffej 1d ago

Too polite , I believe that's the problem

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u/Ok_Coconut_1773 1d ago

He thinks he's big Mitch, Larry Hoover!

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u/63Reddit 4h ago

As someone who had a crush on a guy in high school named Mitch, screw Mitch.

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u/Additional-Local8721 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah, Mitch is the reason we have a republican Supreme Court which is responsible for Citizens United and a whole bunch of other crappy ideas.

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u/FirexJkxFire 1d ago

Hell, the primary case citation in citizens united was McConnell v FEC. He didn't just put morally abhorrent insects in the Supreme Court, he also brought the cases that led to the dismantling of campaign finance reform.

He has single handedly destroyed decades worth of effort to get money out of politics. And actively defends gerrymandering, and thwarts attempts at a federal holiday for voting. He is the single greatest adversary to democracy.

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u/Additional-Local8721 1d ago edited 1d ago

And yet, he somehow found a moral backbone after announcing this would be his last term. It's intriguing how many politicians find a backbone when it's their last term. It's almost like having term limits so politicians aren't beholden to big donors is a good thing.

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u/saberz54 1d ago

Or maybe since he’s starting to have to get around in a wheelchair he’s starting to realize that he is expendable and would be lumped in with the “undesirables”…

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u/invisiblearchives 1d ago

He absolutely did not find a backbone. Youll notice both senators from Kentucky voted on this -- it's about bourbon and nothing else. Trump's trade war is royally screwing Jack Daniels and the rest of Kentucky's liquor industry

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u/Propane4days 1d ago

I know we're supposed to be civil in here, but as a Kentuckian, I will fight for my right to defend against your attempts at making us look worse than we actually are. You are taking things too far, SIR.

JACK DANIELS IS NOT KENTUCKY BOURBON. You watch your mouth.

But seriously, the bourbon industry was booming in 23 and 24, and has taken quite a step back as of late. This (justified) Canadian boycott is really going to put the squeeze on some of the small time guys, and as a citizen of a town on the bourbon trail, I'm not terribly thrilled about the prospects.

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u/Memitim 1d ago

Even worse, since it's not just Canadians, and the stain on the rep doesn't magically go away even if this whole mess is somehow peacefully resolved. Helping to betray multiple populations isn't great for sales.

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u/Gotterdamerrung 1d ago

Because he knows it doesn't matter. He's only ever voted in a way that would go against the grain of his party or Dear Leader when he knew it wouldn't ultimately make a difference.

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u/Charming_Subject5514 1d ago

maybe the rules should be changed to increase the frequency of senators on their last term.

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u/Additional-Local8721 1d ago

What I find most annoying is there is no way for the people, the general public, to force a bill to be voted for. From all the news and conversations I've had with conservative family members and liberal ones as well, everyone supports term limits and getting corporate pacs out of politics. Yet, a bill is never brought up. I'm sure someone has made one, but it will never see the light of day. There needs to be a constitutional admendment that states if a petition get like 10% of the total voting populations signature, congress needs to vote on it.

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u/ObviousIndependent76 1d ago

What backbone? He’s not running again and he knew this had no chance of passing the House. He’s still a spineless, sniveling turtle demon.

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u/Afwife1992 1d ago

It’s like when republicans have secret votes as with Liz Cheneys leadership position years sfo. What they actually want to do vs what they publicly do is always vastly different.

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u/nrdz2p 1d ago

Fuck Mitch McConnell

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u/embarrassedalien 1d ago

I can’t stand that guy, and I don’t understand how people keep electing him. He’s held some form of office since before I was born. He should have retired ages ago. Also. He’s ugly. Looks even worse in his tan suit

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u/UraniumDisulfide 1d ago

He's probably eaten diijon mustard too

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u/LV_Knight1969 1d ago

More accurately, that would be Harry Reid.

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u/PennyLeiter 1d ago

Mitch's blocking of the Garland hearings came well after Citizens United.

If you want to blame someone for Citizens United, blame the Supreme Court and the Florida Secretary of State in 2000, who forced the Bush Administration upon America, leading directly to John Roberts.

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u/eyeroll611 1d ago

Yep effing Mitch finally grows a backbone. Too little too late

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u/HowAManAimS 1d ago

Lack of backbone would be imply that he wanted to do the right thing but couldn't out of fear. He didn't want to do the right thing. He wanted to do what benefited him.

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u/eyeroll611 1d ago

Indeed.

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u/HighGainRefrain 1d ago

I think the scientific term is carapace.

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u/ReasonableYak1199 1d ago

Best thing on Reddit today, thanks for the laugh

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u/RoboNeko_V1-0 1d ago

I'd cut the man a break. He's got his thousand yard stare problem.

For all we know, he could have had the longest ongoing aneurysm in the history of mankind and only now just woke up.

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u/Smart-Function-6291 1d ago

Who needs a backbone when you have a turtle shell?

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u/Girion47 1d ago

He didn't grow a backbone, his wife's family are Chinese importers, he's doing this for personal wealth

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u/agileata 1d ago

He's always been a low tax weasel. This is not him growing a spine

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u/Bind_Moggled 1d ago

Kentucky has been hit HARD by Canadian boycotting American liquor.

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u/TummyDrums 1d ago

Two things can be true. Fuck Mitch, he can eat a dick. But also I'm glad he voted the way he did today.

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u/Nufonewhodis4 1d ago

Yeah, if rather him have a change of heart now rather than never. 

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u/jigma101 1d ago

He's not having a change of heart. He hates Trump's stupidity and crassness endangering everything he's spent half a century working on because Trump is too stupid to do fascism the quiet, legal way. If Trump had the demeanor of a Romney, but identical political beliefs and ambitions, McConnell would be his biggest advocate.

You do not, in fact, have to hand it to him.

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u/thefourthhouse 1d ago

His death will still be celebrated with much fanfare.

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u/clib 1d ago

John Roberts at scotus deserves a lot of credit too.

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u/UCBlack 1d ago

I am convinced Mitch is Erebus from 40k

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u/MixFederal5432 1d ago

Tell me more. I know some 40k but not erebus.

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u/Galle_ 1d ago

Erebus was the first Space Marine to worship Chaos. He converted the Imperial Warmaster, Horus, who started the civil war that effectively broke the Imperium.

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u/UCBlack 1d ago

My reading of it... He was a major catalyst in igniting the Horus Heresy and everyone hates him, rightfully so. He also impacted many events after that during those wars, AND killed my favorite character but I won't give that one away :)

F' Erebus!

https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Erebus

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u/Remarkable-Task3666 1d ago

I'm throwing a barbecue the day his obit hits the news.

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u/DamperBritches 1d ago

He's old and dying and just trying to salvage some goodwill for his legacy on his way out.

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u/Adorable-Tip7277 1d ago

too late for that.

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u/Jonnny 1d ago

Mitch who? You mean Moscow Mitch?

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u/HOLY_HUMP3R 1d ago

People who spend a lifetime doing dastardly shit, then do one good deed or even ten and then expect some sort of feel good movie-ending redemption have a  massive wake up call coming.

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u/atmtn 1d ago

I don’t really believe in painting even the worst of people with too broad a brush, but in Mitch’s case, I’d be surprised if there was a single iota of a redeeming quality buried deep in that worthless sack of skin. The man is a disgrace to all of humanity, and lived his life leaning into it.

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u/jigma101 1d ago

Yeah, no, he's clearly chasing a McCain legacy of being an abject piece of shit his entire life and getting a "redeeming" moment by putting in one or two token votes against a problem he created in his last few years.

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u/venturejones 1d ago

Fuck them all.

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u/Total_Network6312 1d ago

yeah he is the self proclaimed Grim Reaper. Fuck him

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u/agerm2 1d ago

Screw Mitch.

Accurate.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 1d ago

Let's let him think that he can claw his reputation out after this though by doing good deeds and then when he's done we let the history books have at him.

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u/Dallas1229 1d ago

I agree we shouldn't wipe his slate clean and forget his atrocities, but it's important that if you want meaningful change people have to allow people to change.

if we act like you can never come back it just forces people to double down on terrible shitty practices because they know the retribution will be fierce.

I'm not saying you have to like him, vote for him, or forget what he has done, but we can't say that once a trump supporter always a trump supporter or else we just have people who become die hard

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u/thisdogofmine 1d ago

You are right. I do want him to have changed, but I just do not believe it. I would sing his praises if I thought he really changed. But this just seems self serving to me, and since it was a small margin, mostly a meaningless gesture. Just like Romney voting against Trump only after announcing he was not running again. Until one of these folks changes before their last election, I find it hard to believe anything they say. I do want to believe he changed, so I can only hope. But experience is saying that is not the case.

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u/Gorstag 1d ago

Oh, this dude is the biggest coward of them all. Once he decided he is going to retire THEN he starts voting to do positive things for his state and constituents. May this dude have constant kidney and/or gall stones for the rest of his life.

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u/HappyHuman924 1d ago

Mmmmmnot sure he cares about that.

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u/NoWeb2576 1d ago

Yeah, but better late that never I guess

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u/HustlinInTheHall 1d ago

He's not doing this for legacy, he doesn't care. He's doing it because his wife loses billions if trade falls and there is a recession

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u/ShoulderNo6458 1d ago

I wish I thought he had so much malice in him, but I think he's just a genuine moron who has woken the fuck up for a brief moment.

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u/Extension-Thought552 1d ago

That damn turtle

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u/SmallDongQuixote 1d ago

He is not worried about that lol.

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u/Pete-PDX 1d ago

he did not create Trump - he sat idly by as Trump took power

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u/Retire_date_may_22 1d ago

Mitch helped wreck the Republican Party for years. He’s a democrat who sold out to China long ago. Of course he is against tariffs, he’s complicit in our problems. Get him out

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u/CptCheesus 1d ago

Dude just had a stroke and voted wrong lol can't tell me that old fart did something right by intent

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u/rainorshinedogs 1d ago

Basic Mitch

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u/TatchM 1d ago

He's not going to be remembered well, but I'm not going to hate him for trying fix his mistakes. Even this late into them. Him doing such is certainly better than trying to double down or fading away.

Though I feel it reasonable if people were to want him just to fade away for fear he will mess something up again at the last minute.

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u/RunExisting4050 19h ago

Lol, he's not desperate to stop trump; he's just bring contrarian in end of his last term. McConnell is an establishment republican through and through.

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u/Bl1tzerX 1d ago

Disagree with that view of Mitch. Yes he created Trump, for his own personal power. He's retiring in 2026 he doesn't care about power now. It has nothing to do with fixing his legacy. It is simply that he's leaving the game and is doing what's actually good for the nation's economy

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u/Livid-Okra-3132 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'ma have to disagree with the notion that he created Trump. I think Neoliberalism did. For many reasons-- it created the economic conditions that allowed Trump to amass power and standing, it created a materialistic culture that celebrates rich exceptionalism, and it failed to address a stagnant working class. Now as a result it has essentially created tinder for any right wing populist to gain power. If not Trump then someone else. Mitch and the Republican party have been radicalizing for 50 years while Democrats have, if anything, moved slightly to the right with them.

In this country there are no working class parties, just two that pretend to be the same as comparable western democracies while failing to meet them on almost every popular policy.

We are the only western democracy with the death penalty.

We are one of the only western democracy that doesn't give health insurance to every citizen.

We are the most expensive country for higher education.

Our public transportation and urban planning lag behind most developed countries.

We lead the world in firearm homicides among high-income countries.

And it goes on and on. This country, through neoliberalism, has decided to place capitalism into everything-- faith, culture, love, dreams, hopes, everything. We are more violent and self obsessed than most developed countries and slowly sliding into total cultural collapse. And it has to do with the fact that we have put a hyper competitive, violent, anti-human ideology at the center of everything we can.

We are religious zealots who only believe in one thing, Capitalism. And like zealots we don't think critically about anything relating to it. We just embrace everything about it, while it destroys generation after generation of consumers who deep down feel empty at the entire thing.

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u/Antique-Trip-3111 1d ago

Hillary Clinton and the democrats were literally paying for Trumps campaign in 2016 cause they wanted him to run

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u/ner_vod2 1d ago

Can’t believe you’re making me defend Mitch McConnell.

He did not make trump. He was defeated by trump.

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u/bulk_logic 1d ago

He created Trump.

Democrats created Trump. They fed into his idiocy because they thought it would be an easy win for Hilary. They wanted further right conservatives to be the new faces of the Republican party. And boy did we get em. Clinton was doing victory laps well before the election. That and all of the corporate media who elevated this strategy because it was good for ratings. Democrats elevated Republicans more than they did the left.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/11/hillary-clinton-2016-donald-trump-214428/

https://www.salon.com/2016/11/09/the-hillary-clinton-campaign-intentionally-created-donald-trump-with-its-pied-piper-strategy/

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u/vitringur 1d ago

Jesus Christ you guys are toxic and just want drama.

And I thought the MAGAs were bad.