By Jessie Seigel / March 7, 2024

The two-faced Mitch McConnell yet again shows himself a man of no principle.
Some commentators on MSNBC's Morning Joe have expressed astonishment that Kentucky's Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has just endorsed Donald Trump for president. They point out that after the January 6, 2021 insurrection, McConnell had acknowledged former president Trump was responsible for the attack, and maintained that Trump was liable to prosecution, like any private citizen. The commentators also suggested that since McConnell has just stepped down from his position as minority leader in the Senate, is 82 years old and heading towards the end of his career, he could have shown the courage to refuse to endorse Trump.
What is actually astonishing is the willful naiveté of such commentators. They still refuse to get--or to publicly acknowledge: it's not about right or wrong (or about courage vs. cowardice) -- it is about power.
Mitch McConnell has spent his entire career amassing power, not just for himself but for the Republican party. His intended legacy was to put in place on courts--and in particular, on the Supreme Court--judges who would enthusiastically play a consequential role in his party's schemes to obtain unending control of the government at all levels; that is, eternal power. And, of course, as the Supreme Court has in proved in its recent immunity decision--those justices will do anything possible to prevent Trump from being tried for his actions--anything to help Trump gain the White House again.
Given McConnell's openly duplicitous, Machiavellian behavior--
delaying a senate trial based on the House impeachment until Trump was out of office,
claiming the fact Trump was out of office made conviction on the impeachment inappropriate,
and then, immediately after he voted against conviction, making a speech on the floor of the Senate claiming that the court system he put in place would deal with Trump...
--How could anyone be surprised that McConnell would endorse Trump now?
Very logical and eloquent. Ron Seigel
This is a reminder that there are public figures who seem immune to the emotion of shame. As is our would-be dictator, and apparently, many of his other political supporters.