Posted on 02/13/2022 3:06:56 PM PST by simpson96
Sen. Mitch McConnell is trying to thwart former President Donald Trump's efforts to shape the GOP, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
McConnell and a team of allies have, for months, been leading a behind-the-scenes campaign in which they try to recruit potential Senate candidates who could go up against Trump-backed picks. It's an effort to gain a GOP majority in the Senate, The Times reported.
The campaign consists of phone calls, meetings, and polling memos, the paper said.
In December, Graham suggested that Trump will continue to shape the political sphere and party leaders need to find a way to work with him to avoid getting ostracized.
"If you want to be a Republican leader in the House or the Senate and you don't have a relationship with Donald Trump, you cannot be effective. So I hope we'll get on the same page here," The South Carolina lawmaker said.
The Republican party can't "grow" without him, Graham said last year.
And among Republican voters, support for Trump still remains strong. An October poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that 78% of Republicans want to see Trump in the 2024 presidential election. That number went up from May by 12 percentage points.
McConnell, however, believes that Trump is "losing political altitude," The Times said.
Since leaving office, Trump has been endorsing candidates running for office across the US. (snip)
Those endorsements do not sit well with McConnell, per The Times, who characterized some of his picks as "goofballs."
A few of McConnell's prospects, who were not identified by The Times, declined his invitation to run for Senate. According to the report, they did not feel comfortable with the possibility of angering the former president.
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The GOP is trying to throw the election. The so-called GOP Leadership doesn’t want to be in the majority.
The Slimes yawn
McConnell is what is wrong with the RNC leadership and it is time to replace him along with the other RNC leaders.......
That's gonna work out about like a 2004 Pontiac Aztek that he picked up at an estate sale back home in Kentucky.
Fire the ******* ******* while the time is ripe, and same for his buddy Kevin McCarthy in The House.
Mitch McConnell and his friends in the senate have been fighting to keep conservatives out of the senate for decades. They have been very successful.
Thanks a lot Kentucky Republicans. You inflicted this man onto the rest of the nation.
I will vote against anyone McConnell backs. McConnell is deep state.
Vote against all GOP Incumbents in the Primary, send the message!
Most the candidates they both endorsed.
Look. I’m not saying the Turtle is all good.
Just consider the source. Business Insider is a left wing rag.
Dear Mcstupid,
GFY, you ignorant, arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic, self centered pile of human crap...
central_va wrote: “The GOP is trying to throw the election. The so-called GOP Leadership doesn’t want to be in the majority.”
Nothing wrong with weeding out the goofballs. We don’t need any more ‘I’m not a witch’ candidates.
I’d love to see Mitch gone. He is the benchmark for deep state Rino’s. That said, this is the NYT via BI. Two open reservoirs of toxic waste.
Vote out every RINO who must face a primary, and replace them with constitutional conservatives, especially in the state legislatures that handed the Steal to the Vegetable on a platter. There is nothing more important that we can do as voters in 2022.
In the next few months, expect to hear Mike Pence praising
Mitch McConnell for doing his best to ‘hold the Party together’.
Good luck with your Loser Party. You are just as culpable for the state of this country as any Democrat.
McConnell, however, believes that Trump is "losing political altitude," The Times said.
F the GOP. I will stay home rather than vote for a Mitch backed RINO POS.
He can cite folks that unceremoniously lost, but there are plenty of his candidates that lost (McSally, etc.).
bkmk
mitch is a chinese agent
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