Finally, a meaningful movement to dump Mitch. But can this be true? How long has this been coming? Too long with too miniscule the results. And just how much of a fight can we expect McConnell to give as he succumbs to true conservatism?
Perhaps Mitch McConnell’s most recent attack on President Trump was his attempt to appear a moderate. Wrong time, though, in American history for Republican moderation, Mitch. The movement of choice by a wide margin at this time is conservatism.
On the other hand though, McConnell couldn’t possibly believe he needed to fault the President to pander to his base, could he? Wake up, Mitch. Your base has left you behind. You’ll likely be censured, perhaps recalled by the voters of Kentucky, or, not soon enough, be primaried, but that wouldn’t occur until 2026.
The Republican party is struggling to break the shackles of RINOism, struggling to emerge as a truly conservative force in American politics. And the likes of Mitch McConnell are holding the party back. Politics consists of Assets and Liabilities. And Mitch McConnell has long ceased being a Republican asset, if ever he was an asset to Republicanism.
“I will not support a party that is led by someone who is opposed to everything I believe in. I hope I’m not alone,” wrote JD Rucker on NOQReport.
As far as I am concerned, the Republican Party no longer deserves my support. For years, I have fought against “RINOs” as hard as I’ve fought against Democrats because at the end of the day, they’re the same thing. They’re The Swamp. They’re the Uniparty Establishment that pretends to bicker among themselves but invariably agrees to the same failed policies that got us into the various messes we’ve been in since Ronald Reagan left office.
We enjoyed a partial reprieve during President Trump’s first term in the White House. He wasn’t able to drain The Swamp, but he kept The Swamp at bay and took out chunks of their power, if only temporarily. Now that Joe Biden is in office, The Swamp is resurging to its previous form. But things are actually worse than a simple return to the status quo. After four years of Trump, The Swamp is no longer complacent. They’ve seen that their power can be affected if the right person is in the White House so they’re trying to prevent that from happening again. And Mitch McConnell is leading the charge.
It’s time to face the facts. The GOP may be too far gone to be salvaged. They were able to easily crush the Tea Party in the aftermath of the 2016 election, but most conservatives weren’t too worried because MAGA had essentially replaced it. Two things allowed this to happen: MAGA complacency and the flaws found in disparate Tea Party factions. Now, we have to decide whether to try to fix the GOP or leave it to McConnell and his cronies for now as we play the long game.
The GOP has to make a choice. If the greater party structure is going to fall in line with McConnell’s false brand of conservatism, then there’s nothing the Tea Party or the ACM or anyone else can do to fix it from within. And as much as we’d love to look at a new party, the only way that can be successful is if Donald Trump puts all of his weight behind it. If he’s going to try to fix the GOP, as seems to be the case, then the best way we can support him is to leave the GOP altogether until he fixes it. That may sound counterintuitive, but stay with me on it.
We need to make our voices heard on this issue. That means we need to actively oppose whoever and whatever McConnell supports. Even though the election is just over three months behind us, primary season is already getting started. McConnell will embrace the Establishment Republican candidates he can control, which means we must put all of our support behind conservative candidates who oppose his efforts.
McConnell still wields tremendous power over the electoral futures of Republican candidates by way of his control over various PACs and localized kingmakers. This means crossing him can be career suicide for both current and future GOP candidates.
Some estimates I’ve seen put his fingers in nearly a quarter of the GOP megadonors’ pockets. As long as he controls the GOP purse strings, he controls the electoral narrative.
If Donald Trump puts together an official organization, then that will deserve our support. In the meantime, we need to put our time and treasure into outside conservative efforts.
There is no longer a single GOP. There are McConnellite Establishment Republicans and there are Conservatives. The two must remain separate until one of them is abolished. This more recent conservative movement wants no part of Mitch McConnell.
