McConnell speaks of "cancer": top Republicans against lies à la Trump

Tuesday, February 02, 2021

McConnell speaks of "cancer"
Top Republicans Against Trump-style Lies

Trump is no longer US President and has also lost his megaphone with the Twitter lock – but fans like the controversial MP Marjorie Taylor Greene continue to spread conspiracy theories and lies. Republican Senate leader McConnell is now speaking clearly.

In the direction dispute between the US Republicans, their group chairman in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, criticized supporters of conspiracy theories sharply. He targeted his party colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene from the state of Georgia. The 46-year-old is an ardent supporter of ex-President Donald Trump and a mouthpiece for right-wing ideas. "Crazy lies and conspiracy theories are cancerous for the Republican Party and our country," said McConnell, according to US media reports on Monday evening.

Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Someone who suggests, among other things, that possibly no aircraft had hit the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 and that fatal shots were staged at schools, is not living in reality, the message said. "This has nothing to do with the challenges American families face or the robust substantive debates that can empower our party."

According to media reports, Greene made such a claim that the school massacre in Parkland 2018 was staged with "Exactly!" commented. McConnell did not call his party colleague, who had been newly elected to the House of Representatives, by name, but she felt immediately addressed and wrote on Twitter: "The real cancer for the Republican Party are weak Republicans who only know how to be with grace loses. That's why we're losing our land. "

McConnell is also defending Cheney

When Trump was voted out, a dispute arose among Republicans about the future direction of the party. After storming the Capitol on January 6, Republican senators and congressmen had openly criticized Trump. However, this has now become much more restrained.

In a separate statement on Monday, McConnell stood before a prominent internal party critic, Congresswoman Liz Cheney. She was among ten Republicans who voted with the Democrats in the House of Representatives for impeachment against Trump. "Liz Cheney is a leader with deep convictions and the courage to act on them," the statement said.