1/A short thread on #MoscowMitch and his decision to not remove Trump earlier this year. Mitch had a choice - cut loose the big Orange Guy, or lash himself and his Senate majority to this deeply unpopular, historically corrupt and unwell man. We all know what he decided.
2/First, the Presidential. Trump is losing the election. His job approval is worse than election day 2018 when Dems won by 8.6 pts; he is 7-9 pts down to Biden; his only lead in 2020 battlegrounds is TX; Cong. generic is +7 Dems.
Really bad.
Really bad.
3/Senate outlook has turned markedly worse for #MoscowMitch since the Senate trial.
No poll taken in the key states this year - AZ, CO, ME, NC - has a GOP incumbent leading. Most are in the low 40s. publicpolicypolling.com/polls/democrat…
And this is before Bullock makes MT competitive.
No poll taken in the key states this year - AZ, CO, ME, NC - has a GOP incumbent leading. Most are in the low 40s. publicpolicypolling.com/polls/democrat…
And this is before Bullock makes MT competitive.
4/Need to be very clear here - according to public polling right now, if the election were held today Biden would be beat Trump badly, and the Senate would go Democratic.
Overall GOP numbers are in the low to mid 40s even in the swing states - panic time for GOP.
Overall GOP numbers are in the low to mid 40s even in the swing states - panic time for GOP.
5/Then there is the Mad King, unbound. More top advisors heading to jail. More autocratic BS w/Barr. More promises to do crazy things like cut Social Security/Medicare.
And now the historic disaster of COVID-19 - Americans dying, stock markets crashing.
And now the historic disaster of COVID-19 - Americans dying, stock markets crashing.
6/Just watch this video from the President's visit to the CDC. He is clearly unwell, unfit, disconnected from reality - all in a very scary, dangerous way. It's ridiculous he's still running the country - into the ground BTW.
7/Pence's elevation feels like a last ditch, desperate effort to prevent the damage the Mad King will continue to do to the US/GOP. But it's too late - the Mad King continues w/his purges, loyalty oaths, advancement of incompetents, loons, extremists. politico.com/news/2020/03/0…
8/Mitch should have removed Trump at the Senate trial when he had a chance. It would've been the right thing for the country, and his Party.
But now he and the nation, thru COVID, are abt to pay a huge price for this historic misstep.
All of this is the fault of #MoscowMitch.
But now he and the nation, thru COVID, are abt to pay a huge price for this historic misstep.
All of this is the fault of #MoscowMitch.
