"McConnell’s entire adult life was spent in pursuit of two goals: The placement of conservative judges in the federal judiciary and the advancement of the Republican party’s electoral prospects.
That’s it. Everything else—foreign policy, societal norms, the size of government, personal friendships, even money!—was secondary."
~ Jonathan V. Last
#Republicans #Trump #McConnell
https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-how-democracy-dies
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