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McConnell Says “America First” is “Nonsense” Why? Follow the Money

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“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on Friday that the foreign policy vision that former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Trump’s running mate, espouse is “nonsense.”

McConnell has long tried to eliminate the “isolationist” wing’s increasing influence over the Republican Party.

Although he did not directly reference Trump or Vance, McConnell called the “America First” foreign policy doctrine “nonsense.”

“I mean, even the slogans are what they were in the 30s — ‘America First,’” McConnell added.

Despite McConnell’s strong support for Ukraine’s protracted war, he admitted in an interview in July that he is not sure what a Ukrainian victory against Russia looks like — after spending more than $175 billion in aid to Ukraine.

“[The Ukrainians] know they need to have some signs of success here, which will reassure the democratic countries that they can win,” McConnell said.

He asked rhetorically, “The conflict over the summer and how it is perceived to turn out is extremely important in answering the question inevitably coming up in democracies — can they win?”

Attendees at the Republican National Convention in July booed McConnell, even though he served as the Kentucky delegate for the convention.” (Courtesy Breitbart.com)

Why does Mitch McConnell not believe in “America First”? It has a lot to do with familial ties.

From NYTimes.com 6/2/2019…

“The family of Elaine Chao, the transportation secretary and wife of Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, has high-level political connections not only in the United States but also in China. That gives the family unusual status in the world’s two largest economies.

Through interviews, industry filings and government documents from both countries, The New York Times found that the Chaos, and by extension Mr. McConnell, prospered as the family’s shipping company developed deeper business ties in China. Along the way, one of the company’s boosters was Ms. Chao, who now oversees efforts to promote America’s own maritime industry, which is in steep decline as China’s shipping sector rises in global dominance.

The Chao family’s connections to the Chinese state go back decades.

…Ms. Chao and Mr. McConnell married in 1993, but her campaign donations, along with those of her parents, sisters and brothers-in-law, began flowing years before the wedding. The first $10,000 came in June 1989. In the 30 years since, 13 members of the extended Chao family have given a total of more than $1 million to Mr. McConnell’s campaigns and to political action committees tied to him. In 2008, James Chao gave the couple a gift of as much as $25 million, vaulting Mr. McConnell into the ranks of the richest senators.

In a statement, Mr. McConnell said he was proud to have his family’s support.”

I’m sure.

McConnell should have been disqualified from serving in the Senate a long time ago.

Just like the Biden Crime Family, his involvement with China should preclude him from serving in our federal government .

As a Globalist, McConnell and those like him in the Senate and the House of Representatives have been working against America by placing the interests of every other country in the world first.

Take all the money that we have sent to  Ukraine for instance.

How much good could all of that money have accomplished here in America if it was properly applied?

Then again, as we have all witnessed, our tax money has not been properly applied for a long time.

McConnell and the rest of his Globalist ilk have weakened our country.

Republican Presidential Candidate and former President Donald J Trump wants to strengthen our country so that Americans can prosper once again.

It is not isolationism. It is a matter of priorities.

The American people deserve to be represented by a President who will put them first.

The same goes for the professional politicians in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Americans deserve to have politicians in both of the Halls of Power that put them first, not their Sugar Faddies in another country in which they happen to be receiving millions of dollars from while laundering money.

It is not only time to clean up the Deep State and drain the Washington Swamp.

It is time to kick out those like Mitch McConnell and his wife, who profit from our enemies.

America First.

Until He Comes,

KJ

America First: Trump Over 2 Times More Popular With Republicans Than McConnell

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“Former President Donald Trump’s popularity among Republicans is 43 points greater than Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) popularity, a recent Morning Consult poll found.

Republicans’ preference for Trump over McConnell underscores the success of Trump’s America First movement, which McConnell largely opposes:

Trump’s favorability: 76 percent
McConnell’s favorability: 33 percent
Trump’s unfavorability: 17 percent
McConnell’s unfavorability: 44 percent

The poll sampled 753 Republican voters from March 30-31 as has a four-point margin of error.

This week, McConnell said he intends to remain in the U.S. Senate to oppose his party’s position not to fund the Ukraine-Russia war.

“I’m not leaving the Senate,” McConnell said. “I’m particularly involved in actually fighting back against the isolationist movement in my own party. …And the symbol of that lately is, ‘Are we gonna help Ukraine or not?’”

McConnell announced in February he would step down as Senate minority leader at the end of the cycle following health issues and incidents of freezing up during press conferences.” (Courtesy Breitbart.com)

The gaping chasm between the popularity of the former President and the popularity of the former Senate Majority Leader comes as no surprise.

The Republican Establishment have grown arrogant and aloof, distancing themselves from the people who gave them their cushy jobs on Capitol Hill.

History shows the former President Trump came along and galvanized the average Americans in “Flyover Country” into a Conservative Juggernaut and a political force to be reckoned with.

And, he is poised to do it again.

McConnell has a problem: The fact is that the Republicans do not have any chance of success in the 2024 Presidential Election without the Charismatic Former President.

He knows that.

His obvious age-related illnesses have given him the perfect excuse to step down from his leadership role, in which his hatred for Trump would be very obvious to all Americans, and still remain a force behind the scenes in the Senate.

Here’s a well-known “secret”: The same average Americans who comprise the Republican Voting Base do not trust the Capitol Hill Establishment Republicans any further than they can throw them.

Americans have watched the Republicans sell them out to the Democrats for years until Trump came along.

Trump connected with average Americans in a way no other Republican has since Ronaldus Magnus (Ronald Reagan).

He lifted the Republican Party up from the mire of the D.C. Swamp and showed them how to actually stand up to the Democrat Elite.

The only problem with the alliance between Trump and the Republican Establishment is the greed and the habit of pushing for political expediency, which the Republicans on Capitol Hill have embraced for years.

It’s going to be up to Trump to keep them “honest”.

And, a MAGA Republican victory in November will certainly help get things moving in the right direction.

Until He Comes,

KJ

GOP Senators Block McConnell-Supported Sanctuary Cities Bailout Hidden in Border Bil

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“GOP Senators blocked a hidden migration bailout for the Democrats’ sanctuary cities and states when they voted against the border bill pushed by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

The GOP revolt leaves Democrat mayors and city politicians scrambling for funds they need to support and hide President Joe Biden’s growing population of poor migrants during the 2024 election year.

“It’s a huge problem for the Democrats because the Biden administration was counting on being able to shovel all this money onto the state and local allies,” said Jessica Vaughan, the policy director at the Center for Immigration Studies, adding:

The Governor of Massachusetts is feeling the squeeze in a huge way. She’s having to cut firefighter budgets and take over inner-city recreational complexes and keep paying for all these hotel rooms for this huge number of illegal migrants. Now there is no help on the way. The check is not in the mail.

“The state estimates it will cost $915 million to keep the emergency shelters running [in 2024],” the Boston Globe reported in December 2023.

Democrats are now pushing to transfer Medicaid funding for poor Americans to provide housing and aid subsidies to the Democrats’ imported migrants.” (Courtesy Breitbart.com)

The Uniparty (Vichy Republicans like Mitch McConnell and the Far Left Democrats) have no qualms about the fact that Americans come last on their list of Political Priorities.

They care more about illegal immigrants and laundering money in Ukraine than they do about average Americans.

The Uniparty places its own needs above the people who sent them to Capitol Hill.

That is the reason that McConnell and his fellow Vichy Republicans hate Trump.

As he began to try to do during his first tenure as president, Trump wants to drain the Washington Swamp of professional bureaucrats, bought off professional politicians, and those who put America last.

He is a threat to McConnell and the rest of the Uniparty.

That is why McConnell would not endorse the politicians whom Trump had suggested needed Republican Party endorsement during the 2022 Midterm Elections.

Evidently, McConnell is like his friends across the aisle, believing that those who are breaking into our country across our Southern Border are potential future voters who he can sway to his side.

What politicians like McConnell and the Far Left Democrats don’t realize or just plain don’t care about is the fact that we are getting the dregs of a lot of countries. Criminals are entering our country over the Southern border. They include not just criminals but terrorists, as well as possible military from countries like China.

I’m sure that the American citizens living in Sanctuary Cities like Chicago and New York are positively thrilled that the Uniparty wants to send the money they pay in taxes for Government Benefits like Medicaid in order to enrichen the lives of these illegal immigrants.

Hopefully, they will show their displeasure this November.

Until He Comes,

KJ

Speaker Johnson Releases J6 Tapes, Reveals Dem Con Job

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So, now we know why the Democrats and the Establishment Republicans have been fighting so hard to keep this video footage from coming out.

It shows what anybody with any sense has been saying all along, that the so-called insurrection was merely a means to get former President Trump out of the way and to nullify and denigrate anyone who had questions about the 2020 Presidential Election.

Everything since, the proclamations of all the professional politicians up on Capitol Hill, the coining of the term “Maga-Extremists”, the arrests and imprisonments of those who are there that day, and the kangaroo court put on by the Democrats on Capitol Hill that received unprecedented live national television coverage for their sessions was all totalitarian propaganda designed to keep the Far Left Democrats in control in Washington for perpetuity.

It was all a sham, something that a Marxist government would have done.

God bless Speaker Mike Johnson for putting these videos out and showing the courage that his predecessor did not have.

Perhaps McCarthy’s refusal to do this was under orders from Mitch McConnell, who never saw an aisle that he did not want to reach across or a way to hurt Trump that he did not like.

What else can you expect from a guy who married a Chinese woman with ties to the Chinese government?

Let’s face it. The Washington status quo was shaken to its very core by the 2016 Presidential Election of Donald J. Trump.

He was a self-made man who became President of the United States without needing any of George Soros’ money or the money of any of the “sponsors” of the Washington Swamp.

And then, after their corrupt actions during the 2020 Presidential Election in which they installed doddering old fool Joe Biden as President, the Democrat Elite had to ensure that all the claims of corruption and foreign interference in the election would be written off as delusional and that Americans would accept their fate under an incompetent Far Left Democratic Presidential Administration.

Hence, the nstionally televised Dog and Pony Show, which I referred to earlier.

Democrats believed that with their buddy Mitch McConnell in the Senate and Moderate” Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the House, that they would have smooth sailing and no one would ever dare release the video footage which would reveal the detestable unforgivable unrelenting Machiavellian Polical Con Job that they pulled on the American people.

They were wrong.

So, now what?

I believe that a lot of questions need to be answered.

The responsibility for this Polical Con Job not only lies on the Democratic side but also among members of the Washington swamp who call themselves Republicans but have proven otherwise, like Liz Cheney.

It is time to start a new set of Congressional Hearings.

Only this time, they will be based on the truth and not a bunch of lies.

Until He Comes,

KJ

McConnell Goes Blank Again, It’s Time for Him and Biden to Step Down

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“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., appeared to struggle during a press event in Kentucky on Wednesday, the second time in weeks, according to reports.

McConnell, 81, was silent for more than 30 seconds after being asked if he will run for re-election. He also froze at a news conference in July, going silent for 19 seconds before he was escorted away from the cameras.

When he appeared to be unresponsive Wednesday, an aide came up to him and asked, “Did you hear the question, senator?”

McConnell continued to be unresponsive but re-engaged to briefly respond to a question about Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is running for governor, according to reports.

After his aide repeated the question into his ear, McConnell said, “I think the governor’s race is going to be very close,” with his voice lowering in volume. He then brushed off a final question about former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment in Georgia before being led away.

A spokesperson for the senator said McConnell “felt momentarily lightheaded” during the press conference.

An aide said the lawmaker would also be consulting with a physician prior to any new public event.” (Courtesy Newsmax.com)

Just like anybody with any sense can see while watching installed President Joe Biden attempt to speak in public, Mitch McConnell does not possess all of his mental faculties any more.

God forgive me, but it is hard for me to feel sorry for either one of them.

Biden has sold out America to our enemies in order to make himself and his family wealthy.

He makes up stories about himself and his family in order to make any event, even a remembrance of our fallen heroes, about him.

The doddering old fool gets lost on a stage.

Heck, he was as dim as a 25-watt light bulb before he got dementia.

McConnell is a sell-out, as well. His Chinese wife has familial ties “back home” reaching into the CCCP Power Structure.

Good ol’ Mitch is a member of the DC Swamp who would sooner “reach across the aisle” than win the majority in the Senate as he proved by opposing Trump-sponsored candidates in the 2022 Midterms.

McConnell cost Republicans the Senate Majority.

Both of these Swamp Creatures are not doing their respective political parties or our country any favors by remaining in the National Spotlight.

Plus, their infirmity is enabling and encouraging our enemies

They both belong in Nursing Homes, for their sakes and ours.

Until He Comes,

KJ

Sunday Morning Thoughts: Why Did Thousands Pack a Small South Carolina Town for a Trump Rally?

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Why would over 50,000 people line up for 5 hours in the hot South Carolina sun to hear an “indicted” former President of the United States of America speak?

Because, like it or not, he will be the Republican Candidate running to be the 47th President of our Sovereign Nation.

No other Republican Presidential Candidate draws crowds like this.

Why is this man still drawing crowds like this?

After all, he has been “indicted”.

The reason is very simple:

Unlike Senator “Miss” Lindsey Graham, who was booed off the rally stage by his constituency, Trump tries his darnedest to keep his promises.

Trump is not a professional politician who has spent decades in the bubble known as Capitol Hill.

That is why his supporters still support him.

That is why they booed Graham.

Graham is a Washington Insider and a protégé of the late Senator John McCain.

Graham says that he supports Trump. The problem with that is that his words and actions show that he supports the Washington Status Quo more.

But. I digress…

The reason that Trump’s popularity continues to grow, allowing him to outdistance Gov. Ron DeSantis by 30-50 points in the Republican Primary Polls, is the fact that he has shown himself to be a man who cares more about reaching out to the American people than “reaching across the aisle “.

That’s why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hates him so much.

Trump does not “play the game” and “kiss his ring.”

The Democrat Elite thought that they would bury Trump by using political indictments to get him out of the picture.

Man, has that backfired.

Things are getting very interesting.

Pass the popcorn.

Until He Comes,

KJ

McConnell Upset That Tucker is Releasing January 6th Videos

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“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called Tucker Carlson’s segment on Jan. 6 “a mistake for Fox News,” a sharp contrast from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who supplied Carlson with the exclusive footage from the day of the attack that aired on Monday night.

The comments follow Thomas Manger, chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, denouncing the Fox News host’s portrayal of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as “filled with offensive and misleading conclusions” and accusing him of cherry-picking footage to give a misleading account of the riots.

“I want to associate myself entirely with the opinion of the chief and the Capitol Police about what happened on Jan. 6,” McConnell said as he held up a copy of the Tuesday letter that Manger sent to his Capitol Police colleagues. “It was a mistake, in my view, for Fox News to depict this in a way that’s completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks.”

Carlson released the first portion of never-before-seen surveillance video from the riot at the Capitol by Trump supporters on his show Monday, calling it “mostly peaceful chaos.”

McConnell declined to say directly if he believes it was a mistake for McCarthy to share the Jan. 6 security footage with Carlson, sidestepping any criticism of the GOP leader. “My concern is how it was depicted,” he said.” (Courtesy WashingtonExaminer.com)

I am sure it is, Vichy Mitch.

So, why is McConnell reacting to the release of the footage identically to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer?

It’s because Republican Senator “Vichy Mitch” McConnell is, above all, a Swamp Creature, a member of the Capitol Hill Elite.

McConnell, as the Majority Leader of the Senate, was responsible, along with Former (Thank God) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, for providing security for the Capitol Building and oversight of the Capitol Police.

President Trump asked for 10,000 National Guard Troops to help with security that day…a request that was denied.

McConnell hates Trump and the MAGA Movement with every fiber of his being.

He is a professional politician who believes that his constituents serve him instead of the other way around.

Trump’s grassroots populism movement threatens the Washington Status Quo.

McConnell does not want the January 6th video footage released because it will show that the “rioters” were let into the Capitol Building by the Capitol Police themselves and that the whole “insurrection” was manipulated by Capitol Hill Insiders, including him.

This will be no surprise to the Republican Voting Base who do not trust the Capitol Hill Establishment Republicans any further than they can throw them.

Americans have watched the Republicans sell them out to the Democrats for years until Trump came along.

Trump connected with average Americans in a way no other Republican has since Ronaldus Magnus (Ronald Reagan).

The Republican Establishment had grown arrogant and aloof, distancing themselves from the people who gave them their cushy jobs on Capitol Hill.

President Trump came along and galvanized the average Americans in “Flyover Country” into a Conservative Juggernaut and a political force to be reckoned with.

He lifted the Republican Party up from the mire of the D.C. Swamp and showed them how to actually stand up to Pelosi, Schumer, and company.

I believe that the majority of Americans believe that what happened on January 6th was a set-up from the getgo, a continuous of the Capitol Hill TDS Americans witnessed throughout Trump’s 4 years in office.

And, the January 6th videos are confirming that belief.

Until He Comes,

KJ

Republican Senators Call for Pausing Next Week’s Leadership Elections…Will McConnell Get Voted Out?

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“Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. isn’t the only prominent Republican calling for a pause in next week’s Senate leadership elections.

On Friday, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., reportedly circulated a letter to their Senate colleagues, imploring them to postpone the leadership votes, which are slated to run Wednesday morning.

“We are all disappointed that a Red Wave failed to materialize [on Election Night], and there are multiple reasons it did not,” the senators wrote in the letter, according to Politico. “We need to have serious discussions within our conference as to why and what we can do to improve our chances in 2024.”

…McConnell’s leadership legacy could be in peril. Former President Donald Trump has often criticized McConnell for favoring “establishment” Senate candidates, instead of embracing “America First” or MAGA candidates.

Also, a number of U.S. senators have spoken out against McConnell, questioning his methods for investing in certain Senate candidates — while pulling funds from others.

One prime example: McConnell recently caught heat for giving extra attention to the Alaska Senate race, even though two Republicans — incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and challenger Kelly Tshibaka — were competing against each other for the Senate seat.” (Courtesy Newsmax.com)

The reason that there are Republican Senators rising up against Senator Mitch McConnel remaining their leader has everything to do with the less-than-perfect results of last Tuesday’s Midterm Elections.

The professional politicians on both sides of the aisle up on Capitol Hill live in a bubble, totally and purposely oblivious from the wants and needs of the American Voters who gave them their cushy jobs.

When Donald J. Trump came down that golden escalator, along with his beautiful wife Melania, a loud thunderclap could be heard emanating from Capitol Hill and Democrat and Republican Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

That sound was the sound of the sphincters of all the “Keepers of the Washington Status Quo” slamming shut in unison.

You see, boys and girls, Vichy Republicans on Capitol Hill have made a lot of money being “buds” (i.e. servants) with the Democrats.

Of course, they have never won Presidential Elections, but, why should they care?

They were getting filthy rich from all of the stock tips and other perks which came from “reaching across the aisle”.

They knew that Trump was going to change all of that.

He was not coming to Washington to make money. In fact, he was not even going to take a salary.

He could not be bought.

And, by the way, that is just one of the reasons that Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, and the rest of the Never Trumpers among the Republican Elite hate our Former President so much.

He refused to take their money and play their games.

He would rather hold a MAGA Rally and speak directly to thousands of average Americans, that to attend some political soiree full of the Washington Elite.

But, I digress…

The majority of Americans want someone who will listen to and stand up for them.

They want Conservatives who believe in Traditional American Faith and Values and will fight against the Democrat’s plans to turn American into a Marxist country.

The Congressional Republicans know that this is true.

They also know that the support given to “Moderate” Republican Candidates by the Republican Senate Leader and his insults towards Conservative Candidates did not sit well with their party’s Conservative Base.

McConnell’s political strategy of “reaching across the aisle” and his embracing of “Moderate Politics” paint him as being weak and a “Vichy” Republican.

As the late, great Rush Limbaugh used to say,

“Conservatism ALWAYS wins.”

It’s time for the Capitol Hill Republicans to embrace the Conservatism of the majority of average Americans.

…and, start winning BIG TIME for a change.

Until He Comes,

KJ

 

“Vichy” Republican Mitch McConnell Downplays Senate Republican Candidates’ Chances…on Purpose

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“Vichy Government (1940–45) – Regime established in France after the defeat by Germany in June 1940. Its capital was the town of Vichy, Auvergne, central France. It held authority over French overseas possessions as well as the unoccupied part of France. After German forces occupied Vichy France in November 1942, it became little more than a puppet government.” (Courtesy Encyclopedia. Com)

“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., thinks that Republicans have a lukewarm chance of flipping the Senate in November, citing “candidate quality” as a factor.

The senator made the honest prediction at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday afternoon.

“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,” the minority leader anticipated. “Senate races are just different, they’re statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.”

“Right now, we have a 50-50 Senate and a 50-50 country, but I think when all is said and done this fall, we’re likely to have an extremely close Senate. Either our side up slightly or their side up slightly,” McConnell explained.” (Courtesy FoxNews.com)

Okay, boys and girls. Here are a couple of questions for you:

Why would the top Republican in the Senate not want to be the Majority Leader after the 2022 Midterm Elections…and why would he NOT support EVERY Republican Candidate for the Senate?

Well, the ugly fact of the matter is that Mitch McConnell hates Donald J Trump and the MAGA Movement.

McConnell has a problem: The fact is that the Republicans do not have any chance of success in the 2022 Midterm Elections or the 2024 Presidential Election without the Charismatic Former President.

He probably knows that. However, as a “Vichy” Republican, he is so snobby and scared of losing his power within the Washington Swamp that he refuses to admit it.

Trump is the bridge needed between the Republican Elite roaming the Halls of Power in Washington and average Americans living in the Heartland.

Here’s a well-known “secret”: Those same average Americans, the Republican Voting Base, do not trust the Capitol Hill Establishment Republicans any further than they can throw them.

Americans have watched the Republicans sell them out to the Democrats for years until Trump came along.

Trump connected with average Americans in a way no other Republican has since Ronaldus Magnus (Ronald Reagan).

The Republican Establishment had grown arrogant and aloof, distancing themselves from the people who gave them their cushy jobs on Capitol Hill.

President Trump came along and galvanized the average Americans in “Flyover Country” into a Conservative Juggernaut and a political force to be reckoned with.

He lifted the Republican Party up from the mire of the D.C. Swamp and showed them how to actually stand up to Pelosi, Schumer, and company.

The only problem with an alliance between Trump and the Republican Establishment is the greed and the habit of pushing for political expediency which the Republicans on Capitol Hill have embraced for years.

It’s going to be up to Trump to keep them “honest”.

And, a MAGA Republican Political Tsunami in November will certainly help get things moving in the right direction.

Until He Comes,

KJ

Senate Votes in a Short Term Extension of the Debt Ceiling as McConnell and Vichy Republicans Give Dems Their Way…Again

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FoxNews.com reports that

Senators voted to approve a short-term increase to the federal debt ceiling on Thursday night, ending a weekslong standoff on Capitol Hill and likely averting a default that could have triggered a recession.

Senate Democrats passed the $480 billion increase by a simple majority vote of 50-48. The vote on the final measure occurred after 11 GOP lawmakers joined Democrats in a vote to invoke cloture, clearing the 60-vote filibuster threshold.

The 11 Republicans who voted to allow the measure to proceed were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Whip John Thune, John Cornyn, Lisa Murkowski, Shelley Moore Capito, Richard Shelby, Rob Portman, Susan Collins, John Barrasso, Mike Rounds and Roy Blunt.

The bill will now proceed to the House, where lawmakers could consider it by as early as next week. The $480 billion increase is enough to fund the government through at least early December.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other business leaders had warned of a potential economic catastrophe if Congress did not raise the debt ceiling by Oct. 18 when the U.S. federal government would run out of cash to cover its obligations.

Republicans blocked multiple attempts to raise the debt ceiling in recent days, with GOP leaders arguing the Democrats should use the budget reconciliation process to suspend the borrowing limit without their help. But as the default deadline approached, McConnell offered to drop GOP opposition if Democrats raised the debt limit by a fixed dollar amount, buying Schumer and his allies more time to find a longer-term solution.

Democrats claimed victory after McConnell’s offer went public, with some claiming he had “caved” to political pressure. Some GOP lawmakers accused McConnell of giving up his leverage and capitulating to Democratic demands.

Last night, as I was driving home from work, I was listening to “Hannity” on Sirius XM Channel 114.

Sen. Lindsey Graham was on with Sean, and you could tell that he was embarrassed by McConnell’s spineless actions, even though he was trying to maintain the “good fellow well met” B.S. that the Republican Elite are famous for.

Hannity was not buying it and told Graham so.

Hannity said that the Republicans are acting just like they did before Trump came along.

He was right.

The professional politicians on both sides of the aisle up on Capitol Hill live in a bubble, totally and purposely oblivious from the wants and needs of the American Voters who gave them their cushy jobs.

When Donald J. Trump came down that golden escalator, along with his beautiful wife Melania, a loud thunderclap could be heard emanating from Capitol Hill and Democrat and Republican Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

That sound was the sound of the sphincters of all the “Keepers of the Washington Status Quo” slamming shut in unison.

You see, boys and girls, the Vichy Republicans in Washington had made a lot of money being “buds” (i.e. servants) with the Democrats.

Of course, they never won Presidential Elections, but, why should they care?

They were getting filthy rich from all of the stock tips and other perks which came from “reaching across the aisle”.

They knew that Trump was going to change all of that.

He was not coming to Washington to make money. In fact, he was not even going to take a salary.

He could not be bought.

And, by the way, that is just one of the reasons that Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, and the rest of the Never Trumpers among the Republican Elite hate our Former President so much.

He refused to take their money and play their games.

He would rather hold a MAGA Rally and speak directly to thousands of average Americans, that to attend some political soiree full of the Washington Elite.

As shown by the polls which are showing that Trump is not only leading other prospective Republican candidates but also crushing Biden in a possible 2024 Presidential Race, the American People have had enough of the tone-deaf spineless Vichy Republicans and have definitely had enough of #DementiaJoe.

They want someone who will listen to and stand up for them.

Hence, the results of all of the polls on this subject.

That is why Sen. Mitch McConnell was so upset after Trump was acquitted in the last Shampeachment.

The Republican Elite know that these polls are true.

And, they are afraid of the “Deplorables” (me and you).

And, after yesterday’s spineless move, they have a right to be.

Until He Comes,

KJ

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