Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed that the “America First” slogan has similar similar to those used in the 1930s before World War Two.
McConnell told The Financial Times “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before World War Two,” McConnell said. “Even the slogan is the same: ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”
“The cost of deterrence is considerably less than the cost of war,” he continued.
“To most American voters, I think the simple answer is, ‘Let’s stay out of it.’ That was the argument made in the ’30s and that just won’t work. Thanks to Reagan, we know what does work — not just saying peace through strength, but demonstrating it.”
McConnell went on to voice disagreement with Donald Trump’s assertion that the real enemy is not Russia and China but within the United States.
However, McConnell said he voted for Donald Trump and Republicans down ballot but refused to mention the president-elect by name.
“I supported the ticket,” he said. “The election’s over and we’re moving on.”
In the past, McConnell said he was appalled by the January 6 Capitol riot and called Trump a “despicable human being.”
The 82 year old also reportedly celebrated Joe Biden winning the election in 2020 despite widespread evidence of the election fraud.
“They’ve had just enough of the misrepresentations, the outright lies almost on a daily basis, and they fired him,” he was quoted as saying.
“And for a narcissist like him, that’s been really hard to take, and so his behavior since the election has been even worse, by far, than it was before, because he has no filter now at all.”
Earlier this week, McConnell was snapped being pushed around in the wheelchair by a member of his staff after falling at the GOP luncheon on Tuesday.
The photo has promoted calls for McConnell’s resignation and term limits.
Despite the health episodes, he still plans to run for another term.
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