Thread by @TheLastRefuge2

Alas, this is where Decepticon Mitch surfaces.

A real Senate Leader (not Mitch) would expose Decepticon ranks by *forcing* those GOPe members to vote on it.... and forcing them to face the consequences.

Not Mitch. He will enter negotiations, acquiesce & protect the corrupted...

https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1222288408556593152

It's not just Murkowski, Collins, Romney and Alexander. It's Deep, DEEP, GOPe Tom Donohue purchased votes like Toomey, Burr and even Thune.

GOPe Senators with golden parachute insurance worth tens of millions awaiting deployment. Those "senators" are worst of the worst.

Mitch views everything through the prism of power and leverage. People screw up the analysis of McConnell because they don't know the game. Mitch doesn't define power by holding the majority.

Mitch knows the power is in the $$$.

Best analogy for Mitch:

Mitch holds a gun against your daughters head & says do as I want or she dies. Mitch uses your love for her to achieve his corrupt goals.

In 2020 it's Mitch saying do what I say, or you get Schumer.

The demand is made to Trump and MAGA, not his crew.

The best thing that could happen for Trump is for Mitch's alternative to be Bernie Sanders.

It could reverse the dynamic.

Then Trump says: 'screw you. Do what I want or you get Bernie'

However, that's also why Schumer/Pelosi and Establishment DEMe need to eliminate Sanders.