new york times reporters jonathan martin and alex burns, an excerpt shared with the washington post, mcconnell is described as exhilarated by trump s political implosion. the sick part is that it took mutilated capitol police officers and our own damaged democracy to get mcconnell that animated on the topic, but i digress. here s how the washington post describes the new reporting on mcconnell, quote, i feel exhilarated by the fact that this fellow finally totally discredited himself, mcconnell told jonathan martin, one of the authors of a new book called this will not pass when asked about his feelings on the violence and the rioters. trump, the kentucky republican said, was pretty thoroughly discredited by this, quote, he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, mcconnell said standing in a doorway of the capitol after midnight. quote, it couldn t have happened at a better time. well, not so fast. the disgraced ex-president and the big lie still loom large over the party