Once Again, Mitch

So I read in Semafor that Mitch McConnell remains terrified of what Trump is doing to the nation. He is openly saying that if something isn’t done, and soon, to stop Trump…and Musk, and others in their circle…that it is only a matter of time before the United States is overwhelmed. As he puts it, Russia will win. We will lose.

This is probably true. He is probably absolutely right. But, alas, he is…well…late. This is the man who spent his entire professional life as “the Grim Reaper,” killing anything like progressive legislation. This is the man who openly told President Obama that his job, as he saw it, was to make certain that Obama would be a one term president.  This is the man who labored long and hard to turn the GOP into a militant, centralized, disciplined band of right-wing radicals who thought of nothing but victory, regardless of the consequences. 

In other words, McConnell is one of those who most of all got us into this mess. He helped Trump gain the White House, not once but twice.

So what do we say to Mr. McConnell? I’m not certain. But perhaps it begins with “Yes, sir, you are correct. But you should have spoken up long ago, and acted constructively. As it is, you are like an enfeebled Lenin, who at the end of his life railed weakly against Stalin, a monster he’d helped create.”