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Mitch McConnell Says He May Not Support Trump-Backed Candidates: ‘The Only Thing I Care About Is Electability’

Mitch McConnell Says He May Not Support Trump-Backed Candidates: ‘The Only Thing I Care About Is Electability’

In an interview with Politico published on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he may not endorse candidates former President Donald Trump backs in the 2022 midterm elections. Trump has indicated that he will seek to maintain an active presence in conservative politics, vowing to support primary challengers against lawmakers he believes wronged […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Is ‘Finished As A Leader’ Due To Decision To Acquit Donald Trump, Reporter Says

Mitch McConnell Is ‘Finished As A Leader’ Due To Decision To Acquit Donald Trump, Reporter Says

In a letter to his Republican colleagues on Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell revealed he plans to vote to acquit former President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial. Despite his public support of Trump, Newsmax White House Correspondent Emerald Robinson argued that McConnell privately wants to convict the real estate mogul. “Mitch McConnell […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Announces He Will Vote To Acquit Donald Trump

Mitch McConnell Announces He Will Vote To Acquit Donald Trump

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Saturday that he will vote to acquit former President Donald Trump in the upper chamber’s impeachment trial. Per Politico, in a letter sent to his Republican colleagues, McConnell said that he cannot convict Trump because he is no longer in office. “While a close call, I am persuaded that […]

3y ago

Ralph Nader Says Mitch McConnell Might Vote To Convict Donald Trump To Save GOP

Ralph Nader Says Mitch McConnell Might Vote To Convict Donald Trump To Save GOP

In an op-ed for Common Dreams, former presidential candidate Ralph Nader speculated that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell might be planning to “break” with Donald Trump for the sake of the Republican Party. Notably, Nader used his piece to predict what McConnell is currently thinking in the lead-up to the next week’s Senate trial on […]

3y ago

Chuck Schumer & Mitch McConnell Reach Deal To Organize Split Senate

Chuck Schumer & Mitch McConnell Reach Deal To Organize Split Senate

Almost a month after the Democrats gained majority power in the U.S. Senate following their two victories in Georgia, they will finally be able to exert functional control after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached a deal on Wednesday, as reported by The Hill. After weeks of negotiation, Schumer announced […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Calls Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Embrace Of Conspiracy Theories A ‘Cancer’ For Republicans

Mitch McConnell Calls Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Embrace Of Conspiracy Theories A ‘Cancer’ For Republicans

On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a scathing critique of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her efforts to promote conspiracy theories a “cancer for the Republican Party,” as reported by the Associated Press. While the Kentucky senator did not name Greene directly, he didn’t conceal his disdain for what he described as the […]

3y ago

Steve Bannon Says Mitch McConnell Is ‘Terrified’ Of A Real Defense Of Donald Trump

Steve Bannon Says Mitch McConnell Is ‘Terrified’ Of A Real Defense Of Donald Trump

In an interview with Revolver News published on Sunday, former White House strategist Steve Bannon addressed Donald Trump’s forthcoming impeachment trial and his break with his defense team. According to Bannon, the South Carolina lawyers bailed on Trump because of their adherence to a concept promoted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Lindsey […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Is Helping ‘Destroy The Establishment GOP,’ Commentator Says

Mitch McConnell Is Helping ‘Destroy The Establishment GOP,’ Commentator Says

Political commentator John Cardillo — who supported former President Donald Trump — claimed on Tuesday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is aiding in the destruction of establishment Republicans. “McConnell is helping us destroy the establishment GOP,” he tweeted. “Voting for conviction in a sham ‘trial’ presided over by Leahy, one of the prosecutors and […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Is Reportedly ‘Scared To Death’ Of Corporate America’s Response To Riots

Mitch McConnell Is Reportedly ‘Scared To Death’ Of Corporate America’s Response To Riots

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was allegedly rattled by corporate America’s response to the Capitol riots that sparked former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment, The New Yorker reported. GOP strategist Stuart Stevens spoke to the publication and suggested that this fear played a role in McConnell’s decision to break with Trump after the storming of […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Threatened Donald Trump Against Pardons For Assange & Snowden, Commentator Suggests

Mitch McConnell Threatened Donald Trump Against Pardons For Assange & Snowden, Commentator Suggests

Conservative commentator Mike Cernovich on Tuesday suggested that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s speech on the upper chamber floor the same day was a veiled threat aimed at Donald Trump to prevent him from pardoning Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. “Mitch’s shot across the bow, letting Trump know he had better keep his dog collar […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Is Reportedly Happy Democrats Are Trying To Impeach Donald Trump

Mitch McConnell Is Reportedly Happy Democrats Are Trying To Impeach Donald Trump

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pleased with the Democratic Party’s plan to impeach Donald Trump, The New York Times reported. According to the publication, people close to McConnell claim he believes Trump committed impeachable offenses and is confident that the push for impeachment will make it easier to “purge” him from the Republican Party. […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Circulates Procedures For Second Impeachment Trial Of Donald Trump

Mitch McConnell Circulates Procedures For Second Impeachment Trial Of Donald Trump

On Friday, outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell circulated a memo to Republican senators that outlined the procedure for holding another impeachment trial for President Donald Trump. According to The Washington Post, which obtained a copy of the document, McConnell told his colleagues that proceedings would most likely occur after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. […]

3y ago

Joe Biden Says Josh Hawley & Ted Cruz Should Not Resign, Praises Mitch McConnell

Joe Biden Says Josh Hawley & Ted Cruz Should Not Resign, Praises Mitch McConnell

At a press conference on Friday, President-elect Joe Biden said that Republican Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas should not resign. According to a video clip from The Hill, which can be viewed below, Biden was asked point blank whether Hawley and Cruz should offer their resignations in light of Wednesday’s […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Says Overturning Election Would Push Democracy Into A ‘Death Spiral’

Mitch McConnell Says Overturning Election Would Push Democracy Into A ‘Death Spiral’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday rebuked Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the Electoral College results, The Hill reported. “If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral. We’d never see the whole nation accept the election again,” he said in the upper chamber. […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Mocked As Democrats Projected To Win Both Georgia Races, Taking Republicans Out Of Power

Mitch McConnell Mocked As Democrats Projected To Win Both Georgia Races, Taking Republicans Out Of Power

Mitch McConnell is taking some heat online after Democratic candidates were projected to win both Senate runoff races in Georgia, taking control away from Republicans and the title of majority leader away from McConnell. Dave Wasserman, editor of The Cook Political Report and an expert in political forecasting, took to Twitter to project that both […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky Home Vandalized As Anger Over Blocked Stimulus Payment Grows

Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky Home Vandalized As Anger Over Blocked Stimulus Payment Grows

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell’s home in Kentucky was reportedly vandalized as anger over the blocked $2,000 stimulus payments grows and the politician has taken much of the blame. As WDRB reported, someone spray-painted the words “Weres [sic] my money” on the Republican senator’s front door, an apparent reference to the direct payments to Americans […]

3y ago

Donald Trump Wants Republicans To Lose Georgia Senate Runoffs To Spite Mitch McConnell, Democrat Says

Donald Trump Wants Republicans To Lose Georgia Senate Runoffs To Spite Mitch McConnell, Democrat Says

President Donald Trump wants the Republican candidates to lose the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia just to spite Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, a Democrat claims. Trump has been publicly at odds with McConnell for the past week, ever since the president’s surprise announcement that he did not support the bipartisan coronavirus stimulus […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Earns Pushback From His Own Party After Calling $2,000 Stimulus Checks ‘Socialism’

Mitch McConnell Earns Pushback From His Own Party After Calling $2,000 Stimulus Checks ‘Socialism’

Sen. Mitch McConnell is earning some pushback from his own party, with one of Donald Trump’s top allies speaking out in favor of the $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans that McConnell is reportedly holding back. As The Hill noted, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham pushed back against the characterization that the payments would amount to […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Reportedly Preparing ‘Poison Pill’ To Thwart Democrats And Doom $2,000 Stimulus Checks

Mitch McConnell Reportedly Preparing ‘Poison Pill’ To Thwart Democrats And Doom $2,000 Stimulus Checks

Sen. Mitch McConnell is reportedly preparing a “poison pill” bill intended to put Democrats in a difficult spot and doom the chance of passing $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans. As Talking Points Memo reported, the Senate majority leader is trying to sink the proposal that would more than double the $600 direct payments agreed to […]

3y ago

Mitch McConnell Didn’t Want Donald Trump To Win The Election, Journalist Says

Mitch McConnell Didn’t Want Donald Trump To Win The Election, Journalist Says

In a Monday piece for The Intercept, journalist Ryan Grim argued that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell didn’t want Donald Trump to win re-election. The writer noted McConnell’s longtime opposition to a second round of stimulus checks before the election and his focus on helping Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, whose Senate races […]

3y ago

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