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The Hill reports: Former President Trump is vetting possible candidates to remove Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from his leadership position, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar with the situation told the Journal that Trump has been speaking with senators and allies to gauge if there is any interest in deposing McConnell, though lawmakers and aides told …

Mediaite reports: Some Republicans have said Biden should be impeached over the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, including Senator Lindsey Graham and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert. During an event in Kentucky, McConnell was asked about whether Republicans would push for impeachment. “The president is not going to be removed from office with a Democratic House and a narrowly Democratic Senate. That’s not …

The American Independent reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked on Monday why he has not called out members of his caucus for their dangerous anti-mask and anti-vaccine rhetoric. The Kentucky Republican said he did not think speaking out against other people was helpful. “I don’t think it serves any particular purpose to start criticizing others,” told a reporter …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell credited President Biden with helping to get the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed in the Senate, but said he doesn’t anticipate many more opportunities for Republicans to work with Democrats. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Kentucky Republican also dismissed criticism from former President Donald Trump …

Cincinnati Public Radio reports: Cincinnati-based Kroger is naming former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to its board of directors. Chao was elected to serve until the board’s annual meeting next June, when she’ll stand for election by shareholders. Chao also served as the U.S. labor secretary under President George W. Bush, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to serve …

The Hill reports: Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Republicans on Thursday after the upper chamber voted to take up debate on a bipartisan infrastructure package, accusing Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and so-called “RINOs” for surrendering to Democrats. “Under the weak leadership of Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans continue to lose,” Trump said in a statement. “He lost …

“It never occurred to me after three highly effective vaccines were developed in under a year that we’d have difficulty getting Americans to take the shots, but that’s obviously where we are.  “These shots need to get in everybody’s arm as rapidly as possible or we’re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don’t yearn …

“There’s no good reason not to get vaccinated. We need to finish the job. And I know there’s some skepticism out there, but let me put it his way: It may not guarantee you don’t get it but it almost guarantees you don’t die from it if you get it. The only solution ultimately is the vaccine. We’re in the …

Via press release from a world famous loser: Had Mitch McConnell fought for the Presidency like he should have, there would right now be Presidential Vetoes on all of the phased Legislation that he has proven to be incapable of stopping. He never fought for the White House and blew it for the Country. Not to mention he lost two …

CNN reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke out against the Democrats’ voting legislation that faces a key test vote at 5:30 p.m. ET today. He described it as a “transparent plan to tilt every election in America permanently in their favor,” saying that it would let Democrats “take a red pen to election laws in each of the 50 …

The Washington Post reports: Senate Republicans vowed Thursday to block voting legislation from advancing later this month, rejecting a key Democratic senator’s compromise offer that adopted some GOP ideas in a bid to break partisan gridlock on the issue. The pledge from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) all but guarantees that Republicans will filibuster a sweeping voting bill that …

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: The White House Monday launched a series of videos to highlight crumbling infrastructure in Eastern Kentucky as part of a media push to drum up support for President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure bill. As moderate Democrats and Republicans have been at loggerheads in coming up with an agreement on how much money to allocate to fixing …

Mediaite reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell decried Democrats’ calls for an investigation into the DOJ obtaining House members’ data and said it’s a “witch hunt in the making.” “Any outrage from Democrats that alleged criminal leaks within their own ranks rightly drew the attention of federal investigators rings completely hollow,” he said. “Attorney General Barr served our nation with …

The Washington Post reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday condemned Greene’s comparison of coronavirus masking policies to “the horrors of the Holocaust” under Nazi Germany, but said that it will be up to the House to determine whether the Georgia Republican faces any consequences. “Well, she doesn’t serve in the Senate. But this is one of the …

The Associated Press reports: Senate Republicans are signaling that they will try to block — or at least slow down — a Democratic effort to create a 9/11-style commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, threatening the chances of a deeper, independent look at the siege and how it could be prevented from happening again. Senate …

Axios reports: McConnell made the comments when asked about Republican Party infighting and a campaign from allies of former President Trump to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as House GOP conference chair. “We’re confronted with severe challenges from a new administration, and a narrow majority of Democrats in the House and a 50-50 Senate to turn America into a socialist …

“I’m going to support the nominee of the Republican Party. I do predict however that there’s going to be a robust competition for the nomination. Once that all sorts itself out, as the Republican leader of the Senate obviously I’ll be supporting the Republican nominee for president. “We’re looking to the future, not the past. And if you want to …

ABC News reports: Former President Trump on Thursday renewed his feud with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) by calling for Senate Republicans to find a new leader ahead of the midterm elections, suggesting doing so would boost their chances of taking back the upper chamber next year. Asked by Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo how Republicans will fare in the …

The Hill reports: “President Biden pledged he would be ‘A president for all Americans’ with plans to repair, restore and heal,” McConnell said on the Senate floor Wednesday morning, noting that Congress remains closely divided with a 50-50 Senate and a slim Democratic majority in the House. “But the first hundred days have left much to be desired,” McConnell said. …

The Palm Beach Post reports: The presidential election is over but The Lincoln Project has not finished poking fun at former President Donald Trump — and has chosen Trump’s home county to launch its latest salvo. The group’s latest ad, launching Thursday, touts Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as the true respected leader of the Republican Party. The ad claims …