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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Good riddance to McConnell.
“GOP’s future”? Is the GOP going to fold up because Mitch retires? LOL. A new Republican leader will take over. I’d like to say that person will be from a new generation but probably not. It will be some old GOP establishment guy who might not be as clever as Mitch when it comes to parliamentary procedure. But it will be the SOS in terms of policy.
Mitch needs to resign, NOW!
It will be better off.
How coincidental
Fetterman out, so a Rino sits out.
May he spend his final days in a cold, dark room.
Probably Romney or Graham.
Anything that removes McTurtle from the picture, should be seen as an improvement.
His presence is worse than his absence.
Just keep “compromising” with the democommies as usual.
Better
“Is the GOP going to fold up...”
I’m afraid that ship has sailed my friend
Maybe he’s being recalled to China
He needs more time under his heat lamp to recover.
More psyops by the LAAP-dog media to poison the well of potential jurors.
-PJ
No kidding.
“Oh, whatever will we do without Mitch McConnell operating levers with his little turtle-paws from inside his shell?”
As I wrote this, I thought “Who wrote this pap anyway?” only to find out it was “The Hill”.
What a joke.
LOL, that was a well placed post!
Only way is up after Cocaine Mitch.
Nice way to go, destroy everything in your path and don’t even retire to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Who would have thought when Mitch was a boy he’d turn out to be such a loser.
I wonder if someone sent him flowers and a pentagram for the hospital room floor?
Addition by Subtraction.
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