Tag Archives: Mitch McConnell

Rubio Joins Push To Delay Vote For Senate Leader

Florida Politics reports: A second Florida Senator seems willing to consider life in the GOP caucus after Mitch McConnell’s leadership. Fresh off a decisive win Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted Friday that the “Senate GOP leadership vote next week should be postponed.” This comes as other Senators, including Rick Scott, circulate a petition to that effect. Rubio’s tweet was …

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Hawley Rips McConnell, Wouldn’t Back Him For Leader

Politico reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), asked on Monday if he’d support Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as majority leader if Republicans take the Senate, said he would not. “I don’t imagine I will, no. … I’m not sure if any other senator will run or not. Nobody’s indicated they would. But my view is that we need new …

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Scott Dodges On Challenging McConnell For Leader

The Daily Beast reports:  As head of the Senate’s Republican campaign committee, Sen. Rick Scott appeared on Meet The Press on Sunday to discuss the GOP’s final midterm election push, but moderator Chuck Todd took the opportunity to see if an intra-party Senate battle was in store for the senator himself. “A couple of quick questions about your future,” Todd …

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AK GOP Censures McConnell For Backing Murkowski

The Hill reports: The Alaska Republican Party on Monday voted to censure Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for what they called spreading “divisive and misleading statements” about their endorsed candidate in Alaska’s Senate race. The state party added that McConnell’s financial support for incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in the Senate race against fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka was “in …

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WSJ Board: Trump May Get Mitch McConnell Murdered

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: We live in a polarized political age when rabid partisans don’t need provocation to resort to violence. This makes Donald Trump’s latest verbal assault against Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell all the more reckless. The “death wish” rhetoric is ugly even by Mr. Trump’s standards and deserves to be condemned. Mr. Trump’s apologists …

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Trump Appears To Make Threat To McConnell’s Life

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: Is McConnell approving all of these Trillions of Dollars worth of Democrat sponsored Bills, without even the slightest bit of negotiation, because he hates Donald J. Trump, and he knows I am strongly opposed to them, or is he doing it because he believes in the Fake and Highly Destructive Green New …

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McConnell Backs Electoral Count Reform Act [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has endorsed a bipartisan electoral count reform bill in the Senate, giving the legislation a key boost over a similar bill the House passed last week. Both bills seek to prevent future presidents from trying to overturn election results through Congress, and were directly prompted by the Jan. 6, 2021, …

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GOP Senators Block Bill To Disclose Big Money Donors

ABC News reports: Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block the consideration of a bill to promptly require organizations that spend money on elections to promptly disclose the identities of donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle. The body failed to invoke cloture on the measure, in a 49-49 vote. Every Republican present voted against the measure, while …

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McConnell PAC Cancels $9.6M In Arizona Senate Ads

Axios reports: The Mitch McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund is canceling $9.6 million in television ads for the Arizona Senate race, confident that other outside conservative groups will make up much of the difference for Republican nominee Blake Masters. The cancellations mean that the GOP’s leading super PAC won’t be spending any money in Arizona, one of the most closely watched …

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McConnell Predicts “50-50 Jump Ball” Senate Result

Florida Politics reports: The difference of opinion continues between Mitch McConnell and Rick Scott regarding whether Republicans will retake the Senate this year. In a Senate Republican leadership press conference Tuesday in Washington, Minority Leader McConnell again threw cold water on the expectation of a GOP Senate majority this year. “I’ve consistently said for two years now that the Senate …

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McConnell Offers “Thoughts And Prayers” To Queen

The Hill reports: The GOP leader said “our thoughts and our prayers” are with the queen as she battles illness. “The Senate and the American people are watching the news regarding our friends in the United Kingdom and the health of their beloved Queen Elizabeth,” McConnell said. McConnell praised the 96-year-old queen, who was coronated in 1953, as “an exemplar …

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Scott Roasts McConnell For “Trash Talking” Candidates

“Let’s look at this for a second. We’ve got a world-renowned doctor, a Heisman Trophy winner, a successful business person, a small business man and a Congressman from a farming community, a best-selling author who showed the struggles of drug addiction, an Iraqi War veteran who served two terms as state attorney general, a successful construction entrepreneur and a nurse …

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Scott: McConnell Is Wrong, Our Candidates Are “Great”

“Ron Johnson’s running a great race against a radical in Wisconsin. Ted Budd’s running a great race against a soft-on-crime North Carolina Supreme Court justice. Herschel’s running a great race against Warnock down in Georgia. We’ve got J.D. Vance running a great race against Tim Ryan. “We’ve got great candidates. Look at the background of these people. I mean, these …

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McConnell To Host Fundraiser With Oz And Walker

ABC News reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday will host a fundraiser with Senate candidates in key battleground states a week after appearing to criticize the “quality” — of some GOP Senate candidates. Herschel Walker, running for Senate in Georgia, Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, and Rep. Ted Budd, running for Senate in North Carolina, …

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Trump Calls For Prosecuting McConnell And Chao

Posted last night to Truth Social: The Democrats have Mitch McConnell and his lovely wife, Elaine “Coco” Chao, over a barrel. He and she will never be prosecuted, as per the last paragraphs of this story, as long as he continues to give the Radical Left the Trillions and Trillions of Dollars that they constantly DEMAND. He was afraid to …

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McConnell: The US Has “Very Little Election Fraud”

NBC News reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday that he isn’t worried about threats to American democracy after a national NBC News poll revealed voters ranked it as the top issue facing the country. The Republican Senate leader also said that there is “very little election fraud” but that it “happens occasionally,” comments that clashed with ongoing …

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Hannity: McConnell’s Time As Leader “Needs To End”

“Democrats are painting Republican Senate candidates in upcoming elections and midterms as cruel and out of touch. “Well, apparently Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is content to leave them out to dry and fend for themselves. “You don’t hear Schumer complaining about candidate quality in Pennsylvania. How about you get out there, Mitch, and fight for your team? What’s your …

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McConnell Downplays Chance Of GOP Winning Senate

NBC News reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday downplayed expectations of Republicans capturing control of the Senate in the fall elections, describing “candidate quality” as an important factor. “I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different — they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the …

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McConnell Rages Over “All You Can Eat” Climate Bill

Via press release from Sen. Mitch McConnell: The last time Senate Democrats tried to remake the economy on party lines, they shoved American families into the worst inflation in 40 years. Democrats got all-you-can-eat liberal spending and working families got stuck with the bill. In President Biden’s America, the average family is either paying thousands of dollars extra per year …

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McConnell Retreats On Rosy Midterms Predictions

The Hill reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is managing expectations about how many Senate seats are likely to flip in the midterm election after Trump-backed candidates who have perpetuated election fraud conspiracies advanced on Tuesday. “I think it’s going to be very tight. We have a 50-50 nation. And I think when this Senate race smoke clears, we’re …

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