‘You Better Pray the Next Gen Has’ a Mitch McConnell

Time didn’t start yesterday. Conservative principles didn’t just start being challenged in the last 8 years. The threat has been omnipresent. It may not have seemed as dire to some because that man was standing his post when the rest of us were not.

You know why the First Amendment became a litmus test in Republican politics and in the judiciary? It was owned by the Left until McConnell started grilling every candidate, newly elected official, or prospective judge about it. I watched it. He was relentless.

Before he started, at least half the GOP at any given time was willing to short sell Speech if they disagreed with it. They’d give the left campaign finance “reform” because it was “bad politics” without considering the ramifications.

You have absolutely no idea how bad things could’ve been during the Obama years without Mitch McConnell. Climate, immigration, taxes, our entire economy, foreign policy, it could’ve been unrecognizable. They tried it all. There’s a reason Obama hates him the most.

The Left invested much of their attention in the early 2000s to hijacking the federal judiciary. McConnell was adamant about not letting that happen. He crafted plans to ensure that if given the opportunity he would make their worst nightmares come true.

I was there. I experienced it first hand. The decision not to seat Merrick Garland was the ballsiest thing I’ve ever seen a Republican do in my life. There weren’t more than a handful of Rs who were willing to see it through at the beginning. He convinced them. It helped Trump 16

It changed the court and the country in ways we see paying dividends for a Trump administration some ten years later. He put his entire career on the line to create a conservative backstop to an increasingly radical left.

You may not love the disconnect between mcconnell and trump but there was a time when neither could accomplish their goals without one another. They had a mutual appreciation for each other’s game. I know. I was there.

He’s not there for the trappings. No Senator I’ve encountered in 20 yrs has cared less. He’s there because he promised voters to stand his post for them for one more year. If you believe in conservative principles, you better pray the next gen has someone like Mitch McConnell.

So is he physically diminished? No question. McConnell, unlike the previous President, was more than willing to announce his retirement when he knew his physical limitations made it impossible to do the job he expected from himself. He’s a good man. He stood his post.

He’s never asked for appreciation. Perhaps that’s a limitation in today’s politics. He did what almost everyone in his generation was unwilling to do which was to be disliked by the Left. Don’t take the cheap shot. Give him grace. He’s earned it.