Posted on 03/20/2023 12:10:40 PM PDT by RandFan
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) extended absence from the Senate has stirred speculation among Republican senators over how much longer the 81-year-old senator will lead the Senate GOP conference.
There’s no word yet on McConnell’s date of return, but some lawmakers expect he may not come back to the Senate until mid-April, after the two-week Easter and Passover recess.
“I’ve heard senators say, half-jokingly, I wonder if the people who want to be leader are starting to count votes,” one Republican senator said. “People are thinking this is probably good reminder that he’s not going to be leader in 10 years.”
“It’s kind of a state of limbo. Nobody really knows what the situation is and nobody knows how long he’ll be gone,” the lawmaker added. “A couple of folks have said, ‘Who’s in charge right now.’”
Another GOP senator privately expressed concern to The Hill last week about the future of the Senate Republican Conference after McConnell retires.
“I think, who would be our next leader and what kind of leader would that person be?” the senator said. “Yeah, I do worry about that.”
The Republican Party is changing and some GOP lawmakers fear that could accelerate if former President Trump wins the party’s presidential nomination or general election in 2024. Speculation about Trump is rising again this week as the former president himself predicts an indictment over a hush-money payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.
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GOP lawmakers fear.....MAGA!!!
They at least have the possibly of a future now. Not a great one but better with Mitch gone
Dropping like flies? It’s surprising so many of them live to be very old but they won’t step aside until they age out of life. It’s also not surprising that several of them might age out at around the same time.
Come on man..... We all know that McConnell and Fettergoon are sharing a room at Walter Reed. They are both US Senators, so this is a natural. (no homo innuendos!)
Mitch is tutoring Da Big Lurching Goon in how the Senate works.
No worries there. Rs nominate several replacements who go to statewide vote, basically, under normal time circumstances.
The future will be bright with McConnell gone!!
Add in Pelosi and well, every democrat and rino.
““GOP’s future”?
With or without McConnell, I do not think the GOP has much of a future.
Once they finish with the purge of President Trump & the MAGA Republicans, outside of the beltway there will not be enough Republicans out here in Flyover Country to fill a high school gym.
Is there a republican senator who supports most MAGA positions but is also electable? Who comes closest?
Mike Lee of Utah?
-PJ
There are no good Republican Senators except for a handful like Paul, Cotton and Hawley. Senate "Leadership" is in a word; RINO all the way.
“Fetterman out, so a Rino sits out.”
Feinstein is also out for medical reasons.
much longer the 81-year-old senator will lead the Senate GOP conference
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. like I said the next day.......till 2024.
A trip and fall and he’s at an in patient hospital, hmmmm
How much longer will there be no one leading the Senate GOP conference
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. like I said the next day.......till 202
Big difference.
How much longer will there be no one leading the Senate GOP conference ?
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. like I said the next day.......till 2024
Sorry, my error. I’m was thinking Romney Cruz.
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