
You’ll notice that McConnell didn’t say the words “Donald Trump” at all in that quote. In fact, the Senate minority leader appears to be doing his damndest to not ever utter the name of the former President publicly these days.
The problem with that strategy? Donald Trump.
The former President simply can’t stop talking about McConnell. Trump’s latest came on the day after Thanksgiving when he did an interview with Fox Business.
To which McConnell has said all of nothing. He has simply acted as though Trump no longer exists — even though there’s no debate that the former President remains the most popular and powerful figure within the GOP.
“At 79, safely reelected last year to a seventh term and in his 16th year as the Senate’s top Republican, McConnell is nonetheless increasingly playing the role of a conflicted and compromised booster of Trump’s interests — not a leader with his own vision.”
McConnell didn’t get to where he is by being stupid. Or weak-willed.
But, despite his commitment to forget Trump, it’s getting harder and harder to do so. When the biggest bully on the block calls for you to resign, don’t you sort of have to respond if you are McConnell?
The Point: McConnell is going to keep getting asked about Trump — and what the former President has said about him. Does he decide to respond? And, if so, when?
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