War.
I guess he didn’t like Mitch’s speech after the impeachment trial, in which the second-most powerful Republican in the country all but invited federal prosecutors to lock Trump up. Which is one way to solve the GOP establishment’s MAGA problem. Even by Trump standards, this is a bruising attack. Maybe that’s because he was especially irate at McConnell’s speech, or maybe the lack of a social media outlet where he can insta-rant in short bursts means we should expect lengthier, more acidic tirades going forward. Either way, civil war it is. It’s tempting to call that a direct reply to McConnell’s speech on Saturday but that’s not quite true, as McConnell’s been unusually chatty in the last 48 hours about his views of impeachment and his plans for the party in the 2022 midterms. He published an op-ed this morning in the Wall Street Journal defending his acquittal vote on constitutional grounds, but not without this shot at Trump: There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone. His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended. That’s not all. On Sunday he made clear to Politico that he’ll be recruiting candidates for the midterms whom he thinks can win — whether Trump likes them or not: “Some of them may be people the former president likes. Some of them may not be. The only thing I care about is electability.” Yesterday he clarified for the Wall Street Journal that, yes, he’ll get involved in primaries if necessary to make sure that electable candidates aren’t waylaid by MAGA types like Marjorie Taylor Greene who’d have difficulty winning a statewide race.
