Tom Toles for March 06, 2019

The story of Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump:

The Turtle and the Hair.

The HAIR wins, because Mitch McConnell completely surrendered the autonomy and the dignity of what was once a separate and co-equal branch of government and made it a wholly-browbeaten subsidiary of the White House.

Trump has failed at every business he ever ran, including trying to be president, but the best deal he ever made was hiring Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation (another Chinese, well actually Taiwanese, import and, more important, wife of Mitch McConnell).

“M”? “W”? “B”? I guess that some letters are interchangeable.

Dang.

Nice one, Tom.

I shoudda thunk of that.

Trump’s Putin’s “B”, the turtle just rolls over like Bonespurs’ puppy.

He hears you knocking but you can’t come in.

Mitch takes the easy way out; ‘Trump’ is easier to spell than ‘Constitution’.

Son of a bitch hunt.

Turtle soup anyone?

Someone PLEASE put that useless Turtle on a fence post…and walk away!

So that’s what a screaming and panicky turtle looks like.

Brilliant!

Mitch.. has lots of hiding places but I understand that under trumps desk it is getting pretty crowded.

I’d like to say, “yes, WE have a clue…but Mitch doesn’t”!!! But, in fact, I’m pretty sure he knows exactly what he’s doing, and why, and for whom.

Is there no way out of this nightmare the Republicans are turning the USA into?

Conservative pudit George Will, about Republican members of Congress pandering to Trump:

These Republicans raise two questions: Why is there a Congress? And why are such Republicans receiving salaries? Every Republican who supports the president in this trashing of the Constitution whose creation began here thereby violates his or her sworn oath to defend it and to “bear true faith and allegiance” to it. Voters should expel all of them from public life.

I wonder what it must be like for the voters of Kentucky, to be represented both by Mitch McConnell — a complete partisan whore — and Rand Paul, somebody with actual principles (even tho I’m not all that fond of the particular principles he espouses) who actually acts on them.

It would be great if the same kind of dirt that has been found on Trump’s henchmen could be found on Mitch so he can be taken out.

Well.it may not be a witch hunt but Muller is sure turning some up.

Yertle the turtle sees one thing only, White Power. Setting up the courts to his liking has been his #1 goal.

By the way… here’s how all those NEW COAL JOBS that trump and Yertle PROMISED are coming are working out in Kentucky…

https://www.officer.com/command-hq/news/21070781/kentucky-sheriff-struggles-to-provide-law-and-order-as-county-struggles-with-money?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Most excellent, Tom!