▲ 652 ▼ Mitch McConnell Freezes Up For Over Half a Minute a Second Time While Taking to Reporters (www.mediaite.com) submitted 3 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 110 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] eran_morad@lemmy.world 47 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 16 points 3 years ago* The "fun" part of his acquittal vote is that he said he was guilty, but since he had lost the election already, casting a guilty vote would be the wrong thing for the senate to do. He wanted to both appease trump voters by voting not guilty, and appease saner moderates by calling him guilty in the press Just mealy mouthed all the way around. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 16 points 3 years ago* The "fun" part of his acquittal vote is that he said he was guilty, but since he had lost the election already, casting a guilty vote would be the wrong thing for the senate to do. He wanted to both appease trump voters by voting not guilty, and appease saner moderates by calling him guilty in the press Just mealy mouthed all the way around. permalink fedilink source parent