Trump has been able to weather every single storm he has faced to-date because the Republican Party supports his racist and authoritarian agenda and refuses to hold him accountable. The shut-down, if only framed as Trump’s debacle, will be no different. Mitch McConnell is up for reelection and is vulnerable. It is his problem—pin it on him.
Mitch McConnell is sabotaging American national security, people’s lives, their health, their jobs, their financial futures, their security, their ability to provide for their children….because….Mitch McConnell doesn’t want to embarrass Trump.
Why won’t Mitch McConnell just end Trump’s shutdown? He’s up for re-election in 2020.
...Trump’s ability to pull McConnell’s stature up in a state like Kentucky was evidenced in the last Congress. McConnell was much further underwater in Kentucky last summer, finishing dead last in popularity among senators, with 30 percent support and 56 percent disapproval. His numbers only started to turn around when Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court and McConnell made sure that he was confirmed, regardless of the controversy over sexual assault allegations. McConnell has raised his net approval by 17 points since last summer, mainly by sticking to Trump like glue.
Blame that bastard, and get him out of our legislature once and for all.