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McConnell Steps down as Senate GOP Leader

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February 28, 2024, 11:40 AM
HRK
McConnell Steps down as Senate GOP Leader
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McConnell to Step Down as Senate Republican Leader



Wednesday, 28 February 2024 12:28 PM EST

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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.
February 28, 2024, 11:43 AM
k5blazer
About time. Need new blood in that position.
February 28, 2024, 11:53 AM
chellim1
quote:
“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.”

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."
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February 28, 2024, 12:14 PM
parabellum
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.
February 28, 2024, 12:18 PM
smschulz
I was hearing he was endorsing Trump, maybe for questionable reasons.

https://www.theguardian.com/us...ll-trump-endorsement
February 28, 2024, 12:24 PM
bdylan
Turtle was never MAGA...it's past time.
February 28, 2024, 12:27 PM
stoic-one
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McConnell said he plans to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027
Why wait? Roll Eyes


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February 28, 2024, 12:28 PM
TMats
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”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.”

OK, wait! He wants to be appreciated for stepping down now! Bless his heart (see, I can speak a little Southern).


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February 28, 2024, 12:29 PM
wcb6092
Best news of the day, could be made better if he stepped down today.


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February 28, 2024, 12:46 PM
Copefree
Work til you're 82, only to step down and likely die shortly thereafter. Sounds wonderful.


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February 28, 2024, 12:52 PM
divil
quote:
Originally posted by Copefree:
Work til you're 82, only to step down and likely die shortly thereafter. Sounds wonderful.


Such is McConnell’s addiction to power. Sadly, He is, of course, not alone in that addiction.
February 28, 2024, 01:22 PM
2Adefender
Adios. Good riddance.


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February 28, 2024, 01:31 PM
oddball
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
February 28, 2024, 01:45 PM
chellim1
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And a Trump presidency might make it more difficult for McConnell to bask in his corrupt ways.

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
February 28, 2024, 01:57 PM
Sigmund
quote:
Originally posted by stoic-one:
quote:
McConnell said he plans to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027
Why wait? Roll Eyes


Uh...maybe because KY has a Demokrat governor.
February 28, 2024, 02:03 PM
HRK
quote:
Originally posted by Sigmund:
quote:
Originally posted by stoic-one:
quote:
McConnell said he plans to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027
Why wait? Roll Eyes


Uh...maybe because KY has a Demokrat governor.


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)
February 28, 2024, 02:08 PM
old rugged cross
How about effective March 1, 2024.
He needs replacing yesterday.



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February 28, 2024, 02:09 PM
2BobTanner
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).


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February 28, 2024, 02:15 PM
nhtagmember
Too bad he is waiting
February 28, 2024, 02:21 PM
PCWyoming
quote:
Originally posted by TMats:
quote:
”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.”

OK, wait! He wants to be appreciated for stepping down now! Bless his heart (see, I can speak a little Southern).


Well Tom, you do live in southern Wyoming.......

PC