Posted on 11/15/2022 5:08:23 AM PST by RandFan
Republican senators are rallying around Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) after a disappointing midterm election for the GOP.
A push by a group of Senate conservatives to delay Wednesday’s leadership election is running out of steam, even though senators don’t yet know whether they will have 50 or 49 members of their conference until after the Dec. 6 Georgia runoff.
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (Fla.), who is more closely allied with former President Trump, on Monday failed to convince other members of the Senate GOP leadership team to agree to delay Wednesday’s election — a sign that McConnell remains in full control.
Scott didn’t press his argument to postpone the election or indicate he planned to challenge McConnell when he met with the rest of the leadership team Monday afternoon.
GOP senators said they expect to have a full conversation about what went wrong in the midterms during a conference lunch meeting Tuesday.
Senior Republicans see Trump’s role in the midterm elections, which revved up Democratic voters to turn out to the polls in large numbers despite President Biden’s low approval rating, as a significant factor behind GOP losses in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.
“It’s never any one thing, but I think it’s pretty clear that we didn’t perform well among independent voters, which in a lot of those states that were competitive was a big share of the electorate. And I think that it’s clear that running on relitigating the 2020 election is not a winning strategy,” said Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.), who rejected calls to delay the leadership election.
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McConnell is evil
Rally around him, if you will, but he is exposed and is a liability. The GOPe tries to claim Trump is a liability, but I would counter that if that is true, Mitch is that on steroids.
The swamp creatures know the whole thing was a steal. They were likely in on it up to their ears.
The bitch is back.
They're probably on McConnell's FTX-Ukraine payroll.
All bought and paid for by Cocaine Mitch and his Senate Reelection Slush Fund.
Some truth to this as the Progressives are like zombies coming after the living when it comes to Trump, I feared his little s*** shows before the Mid terms would spin them up.
Senior Republicans see Trump’s role in the midterm elections, which revved up Democratic voters to turn out to the polls in large numbers despite President Biden’s low approval rating, as a significant factor behind GOP losses in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.
“Good ol’boys” at it again. The message is clear...IF you are a conservative then go ahead and bend on over because this WILL hurt....and WE DON’T CARE! Elections have consequences and in a country as divided as this, close elections can easily be manipulated and no one will stop it. “WELCOME TO OUR THIRD WORLD NATION” is the next sign that will be placed at our borders. Truth in advertising. Not pretty but pretty simple.
We are seeing the rebirth of the GOPe as the major faction. They do not put America First. They put themselves and their interests first.
The controlled, fake RINO opposition is again shifting blame from themselves for Dem election rigging.
Burn
It
Down
The leadership of the GOP is worse than useless, they actively attack their base when they think nobody is looking.
GOP’s under-performance in the midterms is “100%” Trump’s fault they say.
Of course, there’s no stink on D.C. Republicans —
<><> not Kevin McCarthy, not Mitch McConnell, not Ronna McDaniel,
<><>not Tom Emmer (chairman, RNCC),
<><>not GOP consultants and pollsters…
<><>Nor on any Republican who hangs out at the Capitol Hill Club.
(American Thinker)
Senior GOP planned it. Quit believing them.
The GOP establishment placed the midterm blame on Donald Trump
<><>not b/c Mitch McConnell’s $10m to the treacherous Murkowski, rather than in Az, Ga, or Mi.
<><>Not Kevin McCarthy’s embarrassing “Commitment to America” attempt to recreate the 54 “Contract with America” win,
<><>Not McConnell’s Aug derision of MAGA candidates,
<><>Not mcConnell’s claiming the party lacked “candidate quality,”
<><>Not McConnell’s handpicked Co candidate losing by 13 points, 3 times as much as Oz lost.
No, it was Trump.
We will now get to see the names and faces of GOPe arm of the UniParty firsthand (as if we didn’t know). Meet your enemies, MAGA.
China Mitch was giving money to the enemy so Trump candidates would lose.
Oh please, they are in it with the democrats to rig the elections.
We are seeing the rebirth of the GOPe as the major faction. They do not put America First. They put themselves and their interests first.
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