Posted on 01/27/2022 4:09:50 PM PST by cotton1706
Key conservatives are panning Mitch McConnell’s decision against offering an alternative agenda to voters if Republicans reclaim control of the U.S. Senate later this year.
While GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has begun putting forward outlines of legislation he’d pursue in a Republican-led U.S. House, McConnell has demurred at that approach, preferring to stick to a playbook of battering weakened Democrats.
“I think this is another example of McConnell being out of step with the Republican Party. He doesn’t want to run on an agenda, because he wants to control things afterwards. Everybody from McCarthy to Donald Trump, every candidate is going to run on an agenda,” said David McIntosh, president of the Club for Growth, the powerful small government advocacy group.
“That’s the old Republican, kind of RINO approach, that [John] Boehner had in the House and now McConnell has. And it’s the reason that we lost the majority. Because we had candidates in Georgia that didn’t really stand for anything.”
Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center, fretted that the absence of a conservative policy agenda is pure “stupidity” which risks handing a reason for some voters to stick with a Democratic Senate.
“That’s horrifying. The only agenda Mitch McConnell has is power for himself,” said Bozell. “To brazenly declare the Republican Party stands for nothing is mind-boggling. Why isn’t he championing a tax cut? Why isn’t he championing cutting spending? It tells me if he takes the majority they will do nothing.”
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To be fair, unless the Rep’s get veto-proof majorities in both Houses there isn’t much they can do agenda-wise. They can force negotiations on budgets, hold investigations and block nominees. That’s about it. The biggest agenda issue for them will be to block the Biden Administration’s agenda.
Surely you jest...that was a funny right? 😂have you seen how quickly those GUTLESS POS have helped pass the rats bill$? And all those radical liberal judges they have confirmed that will affect every aspect of our lives? 😂🤣I expect nothing constructive coming from them. Will be lucky if we can get back both houses. But I am not counting on there being a red wave crap they are notorious for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!
The GOP is the UN of US politics.
They can vote out the Turtle as leader.
He is a blatant and corrupt traitor to the Republic—a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Pharma and a bunch of other plutocrats—and the enemy of the liberties of all decent and law abiding Americans.
Lololololol! Did they issue an ult-tomatoe to the turtle?
Veto proof is 67 senators isn’t it?
Chinese operative
Now, now. To be fair, if Mitch were to actually publish an agenda, it could prove problematic. Major themes would include:
-Gathering Power For It’s Own Sake
-Spending Like Drunk Sailors On A Binge
-Protecting the Uniparty
-Why China is Our Friend
I was stating what they “can” do, not what they “will” do. I have no delusions that there will be a huge Red wave, but it is possible that they could gain majorities in both Houses.
“Veto proof is 67 senators isn’t it?”
Yes, and only ~1/3 of the seats are up for election in 2022. Of those, ~1/2 are currently held by Dims. If I were to guess, the Reps will gain maybe 2 seats. Well under a veto-proof majority.
Does Mitch want to add credence to Brandon’s “What is Mitch for? What is he for? What are the Republicans for?”
The GOP needs to lay out an agenda that they will execute on when they win big in November. Give people something to vote for not just against.
If he told you what he really wanted to do, you would hate it.
I was just pulling your leg....McConnell and McCarthy have sad been a HUGE backstabbing disappointment. They continue to let the base down...we need to get rid of both of them! They need to GO!
Has Bozell seen the light as far as DJT?
We should adopt the Trump agenda as the Republican agenda and use as a litmus test for all candidates in the primaries.
We should adopt the Trump agenda as the Republican agenda and use as a litmus test for all candidates in the primaries.
Unless and until “Republicans” come out and confront McTurtle like you did, they can just shut TF up.
Glenn Beck is the only one from the NR “Against Trump” cover that admitted he was wrong as far as I know.
Mr. Meghan McCain, Ben Domenech and Katie Pavlich act like it never happened.
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