Posted on 12/14/2021 6:35:46 PM PST by cotton1706
Mitch McConnell is facing a frontal assault from emboldened pro-Trump Republicans eager to unseat him as the Senate’s GOP leader.
Why it matters: The Kentuckian has long been viewed as the most powerful Republican in Congress, a figure many in the party have feared turning into an enemy. His endurance has allowed him to reshape the Supreme Court and dictate much of the national political agenda for over a decade.
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Taking on McConnell risks not only triggering his wrath in the Capitol but making candidate-critics vulnerable to targeting by his ample supply of campaign cash.
The challengers have been emboldened as Donald Trump has lambasted McConnell — giving them both political and financial cover.
"What is wrong with this Broken Old Crow?" the former president said in a statement tweeted by his spokesperson on Sunday. "He's hurting the Republican Senators and the Republican Party. When will they vote him out of Leadership?"
Between the lines: Kelly Tshibaka, a primary challenger to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), said Monday that “when I defeat Murkowski and become Alaska’s next U.S. senator, I will not support Mitch McConnell as leader.
"It’s time for new, America First leadership in the Senate," she said, echoing a Trump theme.
Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, running to fill Sen. Roy Blunt’s (R-Mo.) upcoming vacant seat, made a similar pledge in September.
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Ted Cruz for Majority leader
They need to watch their backs, Mitch plays dirty.
Not just Mitch, but ALL of Mitch’s bitches.
Grahamnesty, Murkowsky, Hoeven, Rubio, Tillis, Burr, Lankford, Cornyn, Hyde-Smith, Collins, Sasse, Shelby, Ernst, Blunt, McConnell, Wicker, Portman, Toomey, Rounds, Thune, Daines, Crapo, Cramer, Boozman, Scott, Scott, Cassidy, Capito, Fischer, Moran, Lee, Risch, Sullivan, Barasso and Romney are all Bush League Republicans.
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He worked hard to push through Biden’s agenda.
That’s just the Truth.
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He assisted getting Democrat Doug Jones elected in Alabama.
Liz Harrington.
The question I asked was:
“who” is the “former president’s spokesperson”?
Liz Harrington is the national spokesperson
for the Republican National Committee.
Not for Donald Trump.
I believe you are incorrect
https://nypost.com/2021/06/15/trump-replaces-jason-miller-with-ex-rnc-spokeswoman/
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McConnell needs to tarred and feathered and run out of town!
Oh, heck YES!!! Can that traitor RINO. After his speech at the very end of the 1/6 trial where PDJT was found not guilty and he TOTALLY threw Trump under the bus...man he bout made me sick. After the dems were shown to have altered evidence in their case...and all of them accusing Trump of inciting violence when it was shown on national TV everyone from Pelosi, to Quemala harris, to AOC, Maxine Waters...all of em encouraging more race riots...it was just disgusting.
“They need to watch their backs, Mitch plays dirty.”
Yeah, so do we.
Throne?
Nobody in DC should be on a throne, unless it’s actually a toilet.
I’d be OK with that. Mitch is great at raising ceilings, so let him find employment as a contractor.
Ted Cruz would be great... And in the house - Donald J. Trump - to make Liberals go nuts!!
How much better we would have been if McC had lost in his first 1984 race to the incumbent Democrat Walter Huddleston. Huddleston couldn’t have done the damage that McC has.
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