Could Senator Mitch McConnell's true motivation to impeach President Trump have anything to do with China and his wife?

Here is Senator McConnell's position on impeaching President Trump:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly pleased about efforts by Democrats to impeach President Trump a second time, saying he believes the move will make it easier for Republicans to purge Trump from the party.

McConnell has said that he believes Trump committed impeachable offenses and has indicated that he wants to see the specific article of impeachment being put forth by House Democrats, the New York Times reported.

Could this have been influenced by his wife:

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced her resignation from President Donald Trump’s administration a day after the storming of the U.S. Capitol building by protesters.

Chao on Jan. 7 released a letter she sent to the department in which she said the breach of the Capitol was “a traumatic and entirely avoidable event” and sought to connect it to how the president spoke at a rally shortly before it occurred.

“As I’m sure is the case with many of you, it has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside,” she wrote.

Or could the couple's political agenda influenced by Communist China:

According to a New York Times investigative feature, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s family shipping business, Foremost Group, received millions of dollars in loan commitments by a bank run by the Chinese government. Before joining the White House, Chao herself was appointed to an advisory group in Wuhan, was granted an honorary professorship at Fudan University and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Jiao Tong University.

Chao did not disclose the accolades she received from China during her Senate confirmation process, with a Transportation Department spokesperson chalking it up as “an oversight.” As a Trump cabinet member, Chao reportedly asked federal officials to coordinate travel for her family members and have them attend official government meetings—one State Department official told the Times that Foremost’s “business interests were potentially affected by meetings.”

Here is some background on Chao's father:

Elaine Chao’s father, James Si-Cheng Chao, was born and raised in China. He attended the National Chiao Tung University in Shanghai where he met and befriended Jiang Zemin. That friendship was destined to have a significant effect on American politics. 

After university, their paths diverged. James Chao joined the China Maritime Trust Limited shipping company as a cadet, rose in the ranks to become one of their youngest merchant marine captains, and moved to Taiwan with the company when the communists seized Shanghai in 1949.

Jiang Zemin went to Moscow to take up a traineeship with the Stalin Automobile Works before returning to China where, after a brief stint with the Changchun First Automobile Works, he was transferred to government services.

James Chao moved to New York in 1958 and, immediately after graduating with an MBA in 1964, founded the Foremost Group, a shipping, trading and finance enterprise. Back in China, Jiang Zemin was rising in prominence and rank to become a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. 

When the two reconnected isn’t clear. We do know that James Chao placed an order for two ships to be built at the state-owned shipyard in Shanghai during Jiang's tenure there as mayor.

And then we have her relationship with McConnell:

In 1990, Elaine Chao was introduced to Mitch McConnell, senator since 1985, divorced since 1980. Did she consider the usefulness of a congressional connection before this encounter? Or did opportunism arise from the obvious advantages to herself of cultivating the relationship? Her strong-willed character together with vaulting ambition inherited from her father suggests both are possible. 

McConnell was undoubtedly an attractive proposition for her: he had a senate seat but not much money, prestige or leverage. What McConnell lacked, Elaine Chao had in abundance. Moreover, she had the capability to make him into the man he wanted to be and the partner she needed to realise her ambitions. 

She introduced him to a level of society and affluence he’d never known before. She had her father, their friends and business associates throw cash by the bucket-loads into his campaign coffers. She was passionate about politics and he listened to her. 

Do he listened to her about politics.

The above came from leftist Daily Kos. Here is the conclusion:

Elaine Chao didn’t just make McConnell into the man he wanted to be, she’s helped to create a tyrant inside the Congress. The irony is that she also made him accessible to the GOP’s billionaire donor class (deliberately), the Chinese (also deliberately) and the Russians (shit happens). 

It remains to be seen if she can save McConnell from justice finally catching up with him. 

Could that justice be coming from President Trump, and that is why McConnell is happy about impeaching a President he refused to impeach less than a year ago? Certainly exposing China's and Russian's apparent interference in the 2020 Presidential election would seem to be something that would upset McConnell's wife, who he listens to. Sad that the false flag operation at the Capitol on January 6th makes such good cover for corrupt political agendas, for members of both political parties...or should we say the swamp.

 

 

Comments

[larry kurtz]

“Plutocratic populism" is the glop that binds Trump and McConnell.

In 1980 Mitch McConnell ditched his feminist first wife vowing to marry a rich woman and now he is one of the wealthiest white men in Congress while Kentucky remains one of the poorest states. He not only loathes Donald Trump, he detests Alabama's Roy Moore, too.

Lee Atwater is one of the architects of the Southern Strategy that brought the Dixie crackers into the Republican Party. Newt Gingrich authored the earth haters' handbook and it's still the official little red book of the Greedy Old Party.

[The Traveling Dakotan]

Steve have you considered being a guest on the John Dale show? He goes into depth on a number of these subjects. We could see if we could have more guests like Lar and others in the discussion. Will Antifa disrupt carry Trump flags and disrupt the inauguration with riots burning and looting? Perilous times we live in!

[larry kurtz]

John Dale is a psychotic white supremacist presenting with paranoid delusions who lives in Nazi enclave, a chemical toilet and permanent disaster area.

[The Traveling Dakotan]

John Dales is one of the thought leaders in South Dakota and contributes to both Dakota War College and Dakota Free Press. Lar I have not seen you post on either of those two South Dakota blogs. The John Dale Show would be a free speech zone.

[Steve Sibson]

Since I have just entered retirement, I would consider doing some work with John Dales or anyone else who enjoys deep dives into the issues.

[The Traveling Dakotan]

Congratulations on the retirement Steve! You can find John Dale posting on either blog Dakota War College or Dakota Free Press. The more the better! Lar? You could be a guest on his show too but you have to be civil.