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Defiant Mitch McConnell declares 'I'm not going anywhere' as he is re-elected Republican Senate leader
UK Daily Mail ^ | 11/16/2022 | Morgan Phillips

Posted on 11/16/2022 5:15:23 PM PST by fruser1

Senator Mitch McConnell fended off a challenge from Florida Sen. Rick Scott to hold on to his position as GOP leader on Wednesday.

In a secret ballot election, McConnell, R-Ky., garnered 37 votes to Scott's 10, with one senator abstaining, according to Sen. Ted Cruz.

McConnell gave a thumbs up as he walked through the Capitol after securing his victory.

A separate vote on a motion to delay the leadership vote until after the Georgia Senate run-off election on December 6 also failed 16-32.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: assistantdemocrat; assistantdemocrats; buhbyegopee; gop; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; mitchmcnoballs; senate
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Secret vote - all you need to know.

He got all those judges, by the way.

And another senate leader wouldn't? What was McConnell's secret sauce that others don't have?

And, more importantly, if he does indeed have that secret sauce, why doesn't he use it to advance conservative legislation, or even a repeal of commie care?

1 posted on 11/16/2022 5:15:23 PM PST by fruser1
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Moscow Mitch is just another argument for term limits.


2 posted on 11/16/2022 5:19:15 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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Honestly, as a minority leader, McConnell ain’t to bad. he has no articulated vision and would probably lack as a Majority leader, but he isn’t bad at being an obstacle to Democrat desires.


3 posted on 11/16/2022 5:19:30 PM PST by Ethrane ("obsta principiis")
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To: fruser1

The moment he loses God’s permission, it’s over.

Same with each of us. The next couple of years will
interesting to watch with this one.


4 posted on 11/16/2022 5:20:16 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: fruser1

Oh, would we like to be able to express where you should go, turd.
And how we’d like you to go.
And how long it would take.


5 posted on 11/16/2022 5:20:21 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: fruser1
WOW! He's gained immortality?!

Oh, wait. Pretentious.
Yeah, that's the ticket.

6 posted on 11/16/2022 5:21:51 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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FUMM!
7 posted on 11/16/2022 5:22:08 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: fruser1

The useless US Senate can’t even raise a 10-man squad to defend them. Time to defy them.


8 posted on 11/16/2022 5:22:48 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Ethrane

What you just said points to him wanting to be a permanent minority leader.


9 posted on 11/16/2022 5:25:17 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: fruser1

Your expiry date is fast approaching, Mr. McTurtle.


10 posted on 11/16/2022 5:26:11 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We are all mortal.


11 posted on 11/16/2022 5:27:18 PM PST by BipolarBob (I was born into this world with nothing . . and I still have most of it .)
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Actually, Mitch, you don’t have a lot to say about that.

God does and you’re not going to live forever either.

Nobody has yet.

Don’t tempt God.


12 posted on 11/16/2022 5:28:47 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s only 80. By Senate standards, that’s like a middle ager, right?


13 posted on 11/16/2022 5:28:51 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: fruser1

I’m convinced only sociopaths want to work when they’re 80+.


14 posted on 11/16/2022 5:32:06 PM PST by EEGator
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Fox Headline: Mitch McConnell on track to become longest-serving leader in Senate history
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Clark Griswold in scene after the family car went 50 feet in the air off the closed freeway construction:

“That’s nothing to be proud of, Rusty. Nothing to be proud of.”


15 posted on 11/16/2022 5:32:23 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: eyedigress

?? What I said is that he’s not bad at being an obstacle in the Senate is all.

Take away his being the head of the NRSC...that would be wise.

But the Senate has been forever neutered post the 17th Amendment when the Senators were now popularly elected in each state vice State Legislature appointed.

States have NO representation in the National Government, and it was never intended to be so. McConnel can’t fix that


16 posted on 11/16/2022 5:34:37 PM PST by Ethrane ("obsta principiis")
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“Honestly, as a minority leader, McConnell ain’t to bad. he has no articulated vision and would probably lack as a Majority leader, but he isn’t bad at being an obstacle to Democrat desires.”

Before Trump showed up, McConnell was target #1 for the democrats.(Especially, during the Mulatto Messiah Presidency)

McTurtle just ‘digs in’ and says ‘screw it’ and there isn’t much anybody can do about it.

“That is the reality of the McConnell situation.”


17 posted on 11/16/2022 5:35:57 PM PST by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: fruser1

But you should. Really you should.

February 20, 1942 (age 80)


18 posted on 11/16/2022 5:38:57 PM PST by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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And they didn’t allow Rick Scott into the leadership conference.

The Turtle is massively corrupt.


19 posted on 11/16/2022 5:39:59 PM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: fruser1

Go to Hell, McConnell.


20 posted on 11/16/2022 5:41:37 PM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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