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Book

The betrayal : how Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans abandoned America

Call Number

  • 973.933 S5295 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

Physical Description

xviii, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"Shapiro documents the challenges facing the Senate during the Trump administration, arguing that the body's failure to provide leadership represents the most catastrophic failure of government in American history. He also evaluates the Senate during President Biden's first year in office and looks forward to the 2022 Senate elections and beyond"--

Contents

  • The end of the last great Senate
  • McConnell's bitter harvest
  • Handling Trump
  • Saving Brett Kavanaugh
  • To impeach or not to impeach
  • The sham trial
  • A politicized pandemic
  • The Banana Republic confirmation
  • The big lie
  • Acquitting the insurrectionist
  • Good faith, bad faith.

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