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Link McConnell to Step Down as Senate Republican Leader Wednesday, 28 February 2024 12:28 PM EST Comment|Print| A A Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, a place where he looked in awe from its back benches in 1985 when he arrived and where he grew increasingly comfortable in the front row seat afforded the party leaders. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter,” he said in prepared remarks obtained by The Associated Press. “So I stand before you today ... to say that this will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate.” His decision punctuates a powerful ideological transition underway in the Republican Party, from Ronald Reagan’s brand of traditional conservatism and strong international alliances, to the fiery, often isolationist populism of former President Donald Trump. McConnell said he plans to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027, “albeit from a different seat in the chamber.” Aides said McConnell’s announcement about the leadership post was unrelated to his health. The Kentucky senator had a concussion from a fall last year and two public episodes where his face briefly froze while he was speaking. | ||
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| Cogito Ergo Sum |
About time. Need new blood in that position. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
How magnanimous. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
He'll do anything to avoid endorsing Donald Trump. Between now and November, he should be asked about this endorsement daily. Sack of shit. You should leave today. | |||
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quarter MOA visionary |
I was hearing he was endorsing Trump, maybe for questionable reasons. https://www.theguardian.com/us...ll-trump-endorsement | |||
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| Internet Guru |
Turtle was never MAGA...it's past time. | |||
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Unflappable Enginerd |
Why wait?  __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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Legalize the Constitution |
OK, wait! He wants to be appreciated for stepping down now! Bless his heart (see, I can speak a little Southern). _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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| Member |
Best news of the day, could be made better if he stepped down today. _________________________ | |||
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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
Work til you're 82, only to step down and likely die shortly thereafter. Sounds wonderful. _______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | |||
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| Uppity Helot |
Such is McConnell’s addiction to power. Sadly, He is, of course, not alone in that addiction. | |||
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Chilihead and Barbeque Aficionado |
Adios. Good riddance. _________________________ 2nd Amendment Defender The Second Amendment is not about hunting or sport shooting. | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
He knows MAGA has taken over the Republican party, even Jeb Bush was defending Trump several days ago. And a Trump presidency might make it more difficult for McConnell to bask in his corrupt ways. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money |
Yep. The grift is better as fake opposition. These types want to "work with" the Democrats, appearing to put up resistance but always going along. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Member |
Uh...maybe because KY has a Demokrat governor. | |||
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| Thank you Very little |
Exactly, and Andy Beshear would do anything to put a D in there, I wouldn't be surprised if he runs for the Senate, theres D POTUS rumblings in and around him, no way, outside of KY nobody knows him... (Beshear that is) | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
How about effective March 1, 2024. He needs replacing yesterday. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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Member |
This will make the Senate race in KY an open seat in 2026. Steve Beshear (D) was re-elected as Governor in November 2023, with his term ending in December 2027. Beshear will probably run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. Who the Republican candidate could be is unknown. The last Republican candidate (Daniel Cameron, a McConnell protege) for Governor lost by over 5%. The Senator Rand Paul faction is in ascendancy in KY, while the McConnell “old guard” is in decline. There’s a move in the current legislative session for Constitutional Amendment to have Gov/LtGov, SecState, etc for even-year elections effective beginning in 2032, which makes the next term of office from 2027 to 2032 (a one-off single 5-year term). --------------------- DJT-45/47 MAGA !!!!! “Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.” "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken | |||
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Political Cynic |
Too bad he is waiting | |||
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| Wild in Wyoming |
Well Tom, you do live in southern Wyoming....... PC | |||
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