• Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org
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    I’m scarcely excusing his actions on a number of fronts, especially the SCOTUS clusterfuck he engineered. But his support for riling the base up was of the Tea Party, not MAGA, flavour.

    • prole@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      He’s literally the leader of the legislative branch of the Republican party. It would be absurd to act like he bears no responsibility for the direction of his party.

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      But his support for riling the base up was of the Tea Party, not MAGA, flavour.

      “He wanted a Squirtle, not a Blastoise”

    • EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      But his support for riling the base up was of the Tea Party, not MAGA, flavour.

      That seems like a distinction without a difference.

      • MrBusiness@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        I think the point they’re trying to make is ‘McConnell might be horrendous shit, but at least he’s not horrendous diarrhea’.