Tag Archives: Mitch McConnell

Hannity: It’s Time For McConnell To Lose Leadership

“Now, keep all of this in mind when we talk about Mitch McConnell. Cause I don’t remember Mitch McConnell ever being critical, but today he’s critical of Donald Trump. “And to me, it’s just signaling that he’s going to go along with this latest Schiff-show in the US Senate. Republicans should not — first of all, this unconstitutional action would …

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McConnell Says DC Rioters Were “Provoked” By Trump

CNBC News reports: President Donald Trump and others provoked the swarms of his supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. “The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people,” McConnell said on the Senate floor, which two weeks earlier had been evacuated after the crowd of rioters invaded …

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Top Lawmakers To Attend Mass With Biden Tomorrow

CNN reports: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer will attend a church service with President-elect Joe Biden tomorrow, at St. Matthews in Washington, DC, according to sources. Biden invited both McConnell and Schumer. CNN has previously reported that Biden and McConnell men have been in contact as Biden prepares to take office. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …

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McConnell Rejects Emergency Impeachment Session

The Associated Press reports: If the House impeaches President Donald Trump, a Senate trial on whether to convict him of inciting insurrection seems all but certain to have to wait until President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. That’s the word from a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The spokesman says aides to the Kentucky Republican have told Senate Minority …

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NYT: McConnell Pleased At Dem Move To Impeach

The New York Times reports: Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party, according to people familiar with his thinking. The House is voting …

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McConnell Issues Timeline For Second Trump Trial

The Washington Post reports: On the cusp of the second impeachment battle in just over a year, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is circulating a memo to Republican senators that outlines how a potential Senate trial would work for President Trump — proceedings that would all but certainly occur after he leaves the White House. In the memo, obtained …

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Graham To McConnell: $2K Checks Aren’t Socialism

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) pushed back Friday on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) characterization of $2,000 coronavirus relief payments to Americans as “socialism for the rich.” The House has passed a stand-alone bill increasing the payments, but McConnell has signaled it is going nowhere in the Senate. “We do not need to let the Speaker of …

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McConnell Tells GOP Senators That His Vote To Certify Biden’s Win Will Be “Most Consequential I Ever Cast”

Axios reports: In an extraordinary conference call this morning with fellow Senate Republicans, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said his Jan. 6 vote certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election will be “the most consequential I have ever cast,” according to a source on a call and two other sources briefed on the private remarks. His remarks to his conference …

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Graham Pushes For Stand-Alone Vote On $2K Checks

Politico reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a stand-alone vote on $2,000 stimulus checks after the new Congress is sworn in next week. The remarks from the South Carolina Republican break with the public posture of his party’s top Washington lawmaker and come just a day after McConnell rejected the proposed payment …

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McConnell Slams The Door On $2K Stimulus Checks

Politico reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell attacked the House-passed bill increasing stimulus checks to $2,000 on Wednesday afternoon, likely dooming the prospects of boosting direct payments as the 116th Congress comes to an end. The Kentucky Republican said the House’s proposal is too generous for higher earners and “does not align with what President [Donald] Trump has suggested, which …

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Trump Blasts McConnell For Blocking $2000 Checks

Axios reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday blocked Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) request to hold a vote on a House standalone measure that would boost the size of stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 per person. President Trump has demanded that the payments be increased, creating a rift between him and Senate GOP leadership ahead of …

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McConnell Blocks Motion For $2000 Stimulus Checks

CNBC reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Tuesday attempt to increase direct payments in the year-end coronavirus relief bill to $2,000. The House — with nearly all Democrats and a few dozen Republicans on board — voted Monday to boost the cash deposits to $2,000 from $600. Now, Senate Republicans wary of spending more …

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McConnell Hails Trump’s “Leadership” In Signing Bill

Via press release from Mitch McConnell:  I applaud President Trump’s decision to get hundreds of billions of dollars of crucial COVID-19 relief out the door and into the hands of American families as quickly as possible. The bipartisan rescue package that Republicans in Congress and the Trump Administration negotiated with the Democrats will extend another major lifeline to workers at …

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Trump Threatens McConnell: “I Will NEVER FORGET!”

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump has been tweeting furiously this Christmas about his quest to overturn the 2020 election, even going so far as to threaten Republican leadership he sees as insufficiently helpful. While a number of Republicans have backed Trump’s baseless claim the election was stolen from him by Joe Biden, leadership has mostly ignored his charge. Senate Majority …

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Trump Trashes GOP Stimulus Bill, Dems Agree [VIDEO]

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump, in a stunning Tuesday night tweet, called the $900 billion Covid relief bill passed by Congress an unsuitable “disgrace” and urged lawmakers to make a number of changes to the measure, including bigger direct payments to individuals and families. The relief legislation passed by Congress on Monday was negotiated in part by a senior Trump …

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McConnell: Senate May Return To Override Trump Veto

The Hill reports: Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced early Tuesday morning that the Senate will return to Washington on Dec. 29 to respond to a potential veto from President Trump of a mammoth defense bill. McConnell, speaking from the Senate floor, said that he had struck a deal with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the chamber to …

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Govt Shutdown Averted With Two-Day Spending Bill

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump signed a two-day government funding bill into law Friday night as Congress tries to buy time to strike a spending and coronavirus relief deal. The president inked the legislation to keep the government running about an hour-and-a-half before a midnight deadline to pass spending legislation. The stopgap measure would fund federal operations through Sunday until …

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QAnon Freaks Vow To Start Own Party Over McConnell

Newsweek reports:  Followers of the radical movement who believe President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against satanic pedohiles, as well as pushing baseless claims that the election was rigged, were dismayed at the Senate Majority Leader and accusing him of being a traitor. Others said they will now leave the GOP or even form a new political party …

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Trump Lashes Out At Mitch McConnell: “Learn To Fight”

Talking Points Memo reports: President Trump told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a tweet early Wednesday that it was too soon to “give up” after the Kentucky Republican conceded that President-elect Joe Biden won November’s election. “Republican Party must finally learn to fight,” Trump added. “People are angry!” In his tweet, the president shared an article titled “Trump’s allies …

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Leading Cultists Predictably Turn On Mitch McConnell

Mediaite reports: Mark Levin — the Fox News host and enormously popular radio host who has spread conspiracy theories about the election — said it’s time for the veteran Republican senator to retire. Charlie Kirk, the founder of pro-Trump youth group Turning Point USA, criticized McConnell for the tone of his remarks. “You typically don’t use the term ‘congratulations’ when …

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