Senate Republicans Back Big Change To Prevent Repeat Of McConnell Era

Daily Caller ^ | June 10, 2024 7:33 PM ET | Henry Rodgers

[airdalecheif]

Since McConnell announced his retirement, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, South Dakota Sen. John Thune and Florida Sen. Rick Scott have announced they are running to be the next GOP Senate Leader. Two of those three, along with several other notable Republican senators, told the Caller they support term limits for the next leader. (RELATED: Mitch McConnell Will Step Down As Senate Republican Leader In November)

[airdalecheif]

Scott told the Caller that Washington is currently “built on backroom deals and bad politicians getting comfortable, complacent and forgetting that they represent the people that elected them, not DC special interests.”

McConnell is the longest-serving party leader of all time in the Senate, and has been serving in the Senate since 1984. According to Real Clear Politics, McConnell is rated as Americans’ most disliked political leader, with favorability ratings that are worse than President Joe Biden’s.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and the office of Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis told the Caller they, too, support term limits for the next leader.

[Alas Babylon!]

McConnell is rated as Americans’ most disliked political leader, with favorability ratings that are worse than President Joe Biden’s.

I'm no fan of the Turtle, but this is an apples to oranges comparison.

The question is, how is Turtle's rating with Kentuckians?

Because if even if 99% of Californians or New Yorkers hate him, he doesn't have to care.

[oldplayer]

Too bad there are no CONSERVATIVES being considered.

[bigbob]

Well , it’s the Senate…there aren’t many..

[Major Matt Mason]

Yes, Scott is probably the best of the 3, which isn't saying much.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

[sarge83]

If the Democrats were smart they would nominate a good old boy from eastern KY who was pro-life and pro-gun and they would beat McConnell. McConnell wins because the Democrats nominate San Francisco nut cases for their candidates. McConnell is hated by most of the KY GOP voters but they have no alternative and they won’t vote in the primaries to get rid of him. I haven’t voted for McConnell since the early 2000’s, I leave that part of the ballot blank.

[Fledermaus]

Cornyn and Thune would ignore it. They are scum.

[Jacquerie]

<>forgetting that they represent the people that elected them,<>

Thank goodness for the 17th Amendment. /s

[electricjack]

Hey fella Rick Scott was my governor he stopped a lot of dnc trash...