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Sep 01 2023
News
Mitch McConnell’s Future as Leader Uncertain Following Second Freeze-Up
Happy Friday! A note to readers: We will not be in your inboxes on Monday due to the holiday. Happy Labor Day weekend, and we’ll see you on Wednesday! • Failed 2022 Senate candidate Blake Masters of Arizona is gearing up for another run in 2024, the Wall Street Journal reports. Last cycle, Masters fell to incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, by nearly five percentage points. If Masters
The DispatchMar 07 2024
News
McConnell comes aboard with Trump endorsement
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for "disgraceful" acts in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack but now supports his bid to return to the White House. McConnell, who was the last top GOP leader in Congress to fall in line with Trump, declared his support in a
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteAug 05 2019
News
Mitch McConnell fractures his shoulder
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fractured his shoulder on Sunday and is recovering at his home in Kentucky, according to his spokesman.
Spokesman David Popp said in a statement the majority leader tripped on his patio at home. He plans to work from home and has been in touch with GOP Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rob Portman of Ohio, whose states were affected by mass shootings
PoliticoMay 25 2023
News
Democrats seek unlikely debt ceiling savior: Mitch McConnell
With time running short and the danger of a national default growing, Democrats are hoping an unlikely savior will come to the rescue: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.).
Democratic lawmakers say McConnell and other Senate Republicans are fooling themselves if they think Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is in a position to reach a debt ceiling deal with President Biden.
The HillMar 04 2022
News
Rick Scott Hits Back at Mitch McConnell
Just days after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., warned Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., that his agenda for Republicans could open the GOP to attacks this fall, Scott went on the offensive and defended the plan.
Scott's latest comments came in a column posted by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday evening.
"I have committed heresy in Washington," Scott said. "I've been in
Newsmax (News)Jul 30 2023
Opinion
A bad week for Mitch McConnell and Dianne Feinstein, leaders of Washington’s gerontocracy
This week should settle the question of whether California Sen. Dianne Feinstein gets so much attention for her age and mental acuity, or lack thereof, only because she’s a woman, after years in which the Senate club shielded its enfeebled men.
It was a bad week for the Senate’s gerontocracy, when both Feinstein, 90, and 81-year-old Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican
Los Angeles TimesJul 26 2023
News
Mitch McConnell freezes mid-sentence, escorted away at news conference
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday abruptly left a news conference after he froze midway through his opening remarks and appeared to be unable to resume speaking immediately.
McConnell began the GOP’s leadership weekly news conference by saying lawmakers were on a path to finishing a major defense budget bill this week.
“We’ve had good bipartisan
Washington PostApr 29 2015
Opinion
Definitive Proof That Mitch McConnell Is A Dick
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Our inaugural entry is Mitch McConnell. Addison Mitchell Mitch McConnell Jr. is a lawyer a senior U.S. Senator from Kentucky the new Senate majority leader...
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