McConnell, Blunt & Thune beg Senate Rs to NOT object to election results on Jan. 6

[Nevilledog]

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Jake Sherman
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🚨NEW On a Senate R call just now, @senatemajldr, @RoyBlunt & @SenJohnThune all pleaded with Senate Rs to NOT object to the election results Jan. 6.

MCCONNEL: it’s a “terrible vote” for the GOP. They’d have to vote it down, which makes it seem like they are anti Trump, he said
11:27 AM · Dec 15, 2020

[RockRaven]

1. One of the major grandstanding dickheads like Cruz or Paul will probably do it just for attention

[DeminPennswoods]

7. Ron Johnson's been carrying water for Trump

for months now, but maybe Putin acknowledging Biden's victory will keep Johnson from objecting.

[sandensea]

8. +1

They - and several others - have on 2024 very much in mind.

And every Repug knows that the name of the game for the nomination will be a perceived devotion to Needy Amin.

[sandensea]

2. Let the circular firing squads begin!

[dchill]

3. Such a quandary! What a tangled web...

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Trump won't like the Rs not objecting,

but at least none of them will have to go on record actually voting "against" Trump. I guess that qualifies as a "win-win" solution.

[grumpyduck]

5. Trying to save face.

[marie999]

6. So McConnel does not Republicans to object,

not because it would be wrong, but because it would upset Trump.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Trump will be mad if no R senator objects

McConnell is saying don't object because if you do, then the Senate will have to vote on it and you'll end up having to vote. If there aren't any objections, then no one has to go record or offend Trump/cultists.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

15. Not really. I think it's more about "the base."

There is basically zero chance the results would be overturned (House has to vote to overturn) so if they object and then vote, the base will see it as voting against Trump. I don't believe Mitch cares about Trump in this scenario, but in making sure the base doesn't get pissed off.

That said, please know I'm not excusing him. He's a dick.

[sanatanadharma]

25. The Al Qaeda of the anti-democratic

The Base??!! The Al Qaeda of the anti-democratic-bois; America's base-turd weltanschauung.

The base has abased this nation, once a bastion of democracy.
No cook knows a baste able to tenderize their base hearts.

The base will crumble long before a statue rises.
That's basically it.

[TomDaisy]

10. LOL! Hawley will certainly screw Mitch to make himself look good for 2024

[comradebillyboy]

14. Ditto for Rand and that moron Ron Johnson...

[Miles Archer]

11. Love his reasoning on this...still terrified of angering Trump

I get the feeling that Mo Brooks is too worked up, that regardless of how the Senate responds, we'll still have some political theater on the House floor.

[exboyfil]

12. So are the incumbents still the Senators from Georgia until Jan. 5th?

Will the two incumbent Senators be able to participate in rulemaking with the start of Congress

Will the new Senators be certified by the Jan. 6th electoral vote date and be able to participate?

The runoff doesn't align very well with the Congressional calendar.

[lame54]

13. Who says they'll vote no?

[sfstaxprep]

16. Too Bad This Won't Go Down On January 4

They're lucky it's happening the day after the GA runoffs. I hope they tell Turtle to shove it.

[C_U_L8R]

17. The new polling must look bad for them

These obsequious oafs don’t even poop without a poll.

[Runningdawg]

18. So he says in public. We all know what he is telling them in private.

[bullimiami]

19. I didnt know turtles lied like that. the 'only' reason is that it will fail and make them look bad.

if kentuckyslime had the house he would be right on that shit.

[gratuitous]

20. Republicans in Disarray!

What is the headline or the characterization you for sure will NOT read or hear in connection with this case?

[kentuck]

21. Would they have to beg if it wasn't an attempted coup?

Isn't this a simple admission?

[beachbumbob]

22. Not much GOP can say unless a formal challenge is made and

I don't see any GOP senator in the 4 challenged states signing a challenge with one of their house members. There be 5 minute grandstanding time allocated.

[peggysue2]

23. Oh, now they're concerned!

About looking bad, not wrecking the country or standing by while an attempted coup was in progress.

Nice to know the GOP has priorities.

[Chainfire]

24. What Mc Says and what Mc does, may not be the same thing.