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Mar 28 2013
News
Mitch McConnell's scorched-earth strategy - Manu Raju
FRANKFORT Ky. mdash Kentucky is the Bluegrass State but by the time Mitch McConnell is done with his reelection campaign it may be better known for scorched earth. The top Senate Republican is preparing to wage a ruthless campaign to hang on to his job. Hersquos already on the air with nearly 200000 in TV and radio ads is assembling streams...
Politico
Jan 28 2013
News
Democrats, tea party unite vs. Mitch McConnell
Tea party activists looking to oust Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a GOP primary may get some help from an unlikely source: Democrats.
Politico
Apr 18 2023
News
The one thing Trump and McConnell agree on: A hatred for this group
Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell don’t agree on much, but there’s still one thing that unites them: A disdain for the Club for Growth.
The conservative anti-tax group is once again at the center of an intraparty collision course. This time, it’s going up against two of the most powerful people in the GOP — the former president and the Senate
Politico
Dec 26 2019
News
Trump impeachment: Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' by Mitch McConnell's stance
Republican US Senator Lisa Murkowski has said she was “disturbed” by the Senate leader’s approach to working with White House counsel on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, saying there should be distance between the two.
The comments by the Alaska lawmaker come after Mitch McConnell, majority leader of the Republican-led Senate, said during a Fox News interview earlier
The Guardian
Nov 27 2019
News
Mitch McConnell Named WholeFoods Magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been named WholeFoods Magazine‘s 2019 person of the year– specifically for his attempts to “legalize industrial hemp.”
McConnell announced the win on his official Senate Majority Leader Twitter account, Wednesday.
“Honored to be named @WholeFoodsMag 2019 Person of the Year,” McConnell declared. “I was recognized as the most
Mediaite
Nov 25 2019
News
Mitch McConnell’s Opposition to Federal Election Security Is Hitting Home
Don Blevins, Jr., has a lot to think about. In his job as the clerk of Fayette County, home to Lexington, the University of Kentucky, and more than 240,000 registered voters, he’s in charge of making sure elections happen securely and accurately. “There’s a lot of hand wringing over the Russians, there’s hand wringing from the far right about illegal immigrants voting and all that,” but
Mother Jones
Apr 18 2023
News
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)
Apr 12 2021
News
Mitch McConnell tends his legacy 8,000 miles away
He reshaped the federal judiciary. He made history as the longest-serving Senate GOP leader. But Mitch McConnell has unfinished business more than 8,000 miles from the halls of Congress.
There's no more consistent or surprising through line to McConnell's 36-year career than promotion of democracy in Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation of 55 million. McConnell's championing of
Politico
Apr 12 2019
News
Mitch McConnell tells 2020 Republicans to run 'independent' of Trump
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican senators running for re-election next year should not couple their messaging to President Trump but rather run “independent” campaigns built around how they’ve helped their states.
The Kentucky Republican, who is himself up for reelection, said senators’ races are big enough that they can escape the gravity of the presidential race and
Washington Times
Mar 17 2021
Opinion
Mitch McConnell Is Scared to Death, and He's Running the Most Amazing Bluff
Mitch McConnell butched it up Tuesday morning in the Senate. In case you were wondering how watery his knees get over the possibility that the filibuster might be reformed, or eliminated, wonder no longer. He’s scared to death and lashing out, and he's running just the most amazing bluff.
"Let me say this very clearly for all 99 of my colleagues: Nobody serving in this chamber can even
Esquire