Ryan Knight Rose@ProudSocialist
Mitch McConnell just abandoned Donald Trump and now supports impeachment for one reason only: The GOP is losing corporate pac money.
I don’t think that’s the whole story. The GOP is reeling right now, and McConnell wants power back. He is going to leave it up to each senator to determine their own path going forward.
Trump is going to be impeached by the House. McConnell is powerless to keep it from coming to the Senate for a vote this time. So each senator needs to decide what a Yes or No vote means to them in their own states. The senators up for election in 2022 have the biggest problem. McConnell is safely 6 years away from re-election personally, so he can afford to vote for impeachment to distance the GOP from Trump which he surely wants to do. My own guess is that he is more about minimizing the influence of the populist revolt within the party that damages stability in numerous ways. Money is part of that, of course, because the big money also desires stability. But that money is coming back. I mean…who doesn’t believe that in a couple of months, with no public fanfare, those corporations are going to start contributing again. Corporations don’t care about democracy. They aren’t making these announcements because they want the GOP to alter course. They just want that festering embarrassment cleared out of the way so they can resume business as usual. It’s not like any of these rabid Trump-supporting politicians hold seats that are in danger of being captured by progressives. If, you know, Matt Gaetz or someone else goes, he will be replaced by an identical guy, just without the baggage.
This is show biz.
