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Feb 17 2021
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READ: Former President Donald Trump’s Full Statement on Mitch McConnell
Former President Donald Trump issued a statement on Mitch McConnell on Tuesday.
Read the full statement here:
Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America The Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political “leaders” like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm. McConnell’s dedication to business as usual, status quo policies,
The Epoch Times
Jan 26 2021
Analysis
Why Mitch McConnell relented on his demands about preserving the filibuster
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is no longer holding up the Senate organizing resolution — after two Democrats confirmed that they won’t be blowing up the legislative filibuster any time soon.
In the past few weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and McConnell have been working to negotiate the organizing resolution — which governs committee membership and funding
Vox
Jan 06 2021
News
With Democratic sweep in Georgia, Mitch McConnell will lose majority leader role
Georgia voters have spoken, and their voices resonate loudly in Kentucky: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won't keep his job as the most powerful senator in Congress.
Tuesday's high-stakes runoff elections in the Peach State pitted two Republicans, David Perdue and U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, against Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, with the GOP's current control
USA TODAY
Apr 18 2023
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McConnell makes clear GOP won't support replacing Feinstein on Judiciary Committee
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear Tuesday that Republicans won't go along with a Democratic plan to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the politically important Judiciary Committee.
Calling the California Democrat "a titanic figure" and "a close personal friend," McConnell then said he wouldn't be part of sidelining her "indefinitely" so Democrats and the Biden
ABC News (Online)
Jun 07 2016
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Mitch McConnell to Trump: Start Talking About the Issues — Now
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell advised presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to start talking "about the issues that the American people care about — and to start doing it now."
Newsmax (News)
Aug 22 2022
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Federalist Editor Rips Apart Mitch McConnell's Remarks About the GOP Having Bad Senate Candidates
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave Democrats a boost recently. Whether it was intentional or not is irrelevant at this point—when the Senate Republican leader says that his party virtually has no chance of retaking the 50-50 Senate, people take notice. The Kentucky Republican's Eeyore attitude concerns what he says centers on candidate quality. Is that accurate? Even if that's the case, a) you
Townhall
Jun 30 2020
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Kentucky Democrats to learn party's pick to take on Republican Mitch McConnell
Kentucky voters will learn on Tuesday which Democrat will challenge Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November: Black progressive Charles Booker, or establishment favorite Amy McGrath.
Preliminary results from the June 23 primary showed a too-close-to-call contest, and election officials had to wait until Saturday to receive all ballots cast by mail due to the
Reuters
Jun 01 2015
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Why Mitch McConnell bid to extend Patriot Act failed
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell thought he could use Sunday's Patriot Act deadline to get senators in line. It didn't work, thanks in large part to Sen. Rand Paul.
Christian Science Monitor
Sep 22 2014
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Selling Mitch McConnell: What's Love Got To Do With It?
Mitch McConnell is hardly a lovable guy. The Republican leader in the U.S. Senate has a dour public persona and many of his constituents don't view him as a "real Kentuckian," according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that underscores what his election campaign already knows - McConnell has an image problem. While other politicians might be deterred by polls showing how unpopular they are in their
Townhall
May 03 2023
News
Biden’s debt ceiling game plan for McCarthy: Get McConnell to engage
But now that hope has burst into public view. Next week’s meeting between Biden and the so-called Big Four congressional leaders marks a new stage in the standoff. And it is a conscious effort by the White House to get McConnell to have some skin in the game. Biden and his team have consciously side-stepped the one-on-one negotiation Republicans want to have between the president and House
Politico