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šŸ“ŒAbout an hour before Trump's GOP stormtroopers assaulted our Democracy Wednesday, one Mitch McConnell -- THAT Mitch McConnell -- was on the Senate floor doing what he does best: talking in code out of both sides of his dirty, ROTTEN mouth ...

 šŸ“ŒSeems Mitch was finally ready to put a band aid on America's gaping wound -- the one he literally had everything to do with.

šŸ“ŒMitch was going to push for certifying the vote of the American people. After months of inaction, Mitch the Great was saving the day.

šŸ“ŒBut even Mitch knows, and has suppressed, that he could have removed Trump from the White House last year.

šŸ“ŒEven Mitch knows, but has suppressed, that he could have spared us from the absolute carnage of the past year that led to yesterday's attack on our democracy.

šŸ“ŒBut never mind that brutal reality. On Wednesday, a defiant Mitch was willing to go as far certifying votes that were cast by REAL American patriots, who literally risked their lives to VOTE TRUMP OUT.

šŸ“ŒWow! What a guy, eh???

šŸ“ŒThere was NOTHING fucking heroic about what McConnell was doing. He was simply doing the bare minimum of what is expected of any American.

šŸ“ŒAnd that's when the real crime started ...

šŸ“ŒWithin minutes, TV pundits started gushing over Mitch's "bravery" for standing up to Trump. He was "meeting the moment" they breathlessly stated.

šŸ“ŒOn Twitter, well, that's when the hypocrisy really cranked into a special, broken gear.

šŸ“Œ"Resisters" with mighty accounts started falling all over themselves to praise the Mighty Mitch.

šŸ“ŒThis is the very guy they spent years rightfully attacking as #MoscowMitch.

šŸ“ŒThis is the guy they spent years rightfully trying to drive out of the Senate.

šŸ“ŒThis is the guy they rightfully told us had done more damage to Americans than any human alive.

šŸ“ŒThis is the guy who'd rather STARVE YOU than give you ANY relief. THAT Mitch.

šŸ“ŒBut now he was "bringing it" and "meeting the moment."

šŸ“ŒYou know who you are.

šŸ“ŒI see many of you have taken some of those tweets down, but the damage is done.

šŸ“ŒWhat happens next time a Republican talks out of both sides of his/her mouth and "gives" you something that was already rightfully yours????

šŸ“ŒNot long after the gush, it started getting reported that our Capitol Building was under siege from Trump and McConnell's goons.

šŸ“ŒAnd here's where it really gets dangerously special:

šŸ“ŒWe know now that lawmakers dove to the floors and hid in closets and screamed in fear as armed maniacs stormed the halls -- you know, the same kind of awful shit that OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR YEARS AT SCHOOL.

šŸ“ŒAnd we know why children have been dealing with this for years at school -- Republicans' NRA.

šŸ“ŒAnd do you know who champions the NRA like a boss?

šŸ“ŒThat's right: Mitch McConnell.

šŸ“ŒBut now Mighty Mitch was allegedly done fawning over Trump, and people that have to know better were fawning over him on Twitter and on the airways ...

šŸ“ŒBy day's end, our democracy was bleeding, but #MoscowMitch had been sent back to the minority in the Senate by the voters of Georgia.

šŸ“ŒI saw you tweeting about that, too.
šŸ“ŒIf you've returned to your senses, welcome back.

šŸ“ŒIf yer thinking of leaving again, please stay there.

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