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Breathless Horror and Disgust
Abuse of Power Michael Bornstein Abuse of Power Michael Bornstein

Breathless Horror and Disgust

In the same way Dr. Frankenstein's monster turned against his creator, Mitch McConnell is defeated by the anti-government, christian nationalist movement he helped create.

Mitch McConnell cynically empowered a rightwing Evangelical movement to push through corporate tax cuts and appoint fundamentalist judges to overturn decades of legal protections. After the January 6th Insurrection, McConnell lacked the courage to convict Trump and instead called on the legal system to prosecute him. In the ultimate tragic irony, on the very same day McConnell publicly surrenders his leadership to Trump's MAGA movement, the Supreme Court—that he helped create—indefinitely delays Trump's criminal trial! Victor Frankenstein's words on seeing his creation, "the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”

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McConnell and McCarthy: McCowards
Abuse of Power Michael Bornstein Abuse of Power Michael Bornstein

McConnell and McCarthy: McCowards

The GOP leadership is silent as Trump calls for the "termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”

MAGA Republicans love Trump for his unapologetic embrace of white supremacy, bigotry, antisemitism, and crazy conspiracy theories. Unfortunately for Republicans, Trump is toxic with everyone else. The Republican Catch 22 is that they can't win elections with Trump, but they also can't win elections without MAGA Republicans still loyal to Trump.

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