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Posted on 04/14/2023 8:25:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
The Senate’s two-week recess ends on Monday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will be back to work then. He made the announcement on Twitter, a nod to recent gossiping and speculation that he would retire after treatment for a concussion suffered when McConnell took a fall at a dinner event. McConnell is 81 years old so talk of retirement after his long career in public service is not out of the ordinary.
McConnell fell during a dinner event in early March. He was hospitalized and treated for a concussion. He was moved to an inpatient rehab facility a few days later. At the end of March, McConnell’s office announced he was back at home and working from there for the time being. It was not clear whether or not he would return to his office in the Capitol.
It’s no secret that the three Johns, Senators John Cornyn (Texas), John Thune (South Dakota), and John Barrasso (Wyoming) have thoughts of succeeding McConnell as the Republican Leader. Currently, John Thune is the Senate Minority Whip. Thune has stepped up in that position and kept in consultation with McConnell to help run the Senate GOP conference. To be clear, there has been no indication that McConnell is considering his retirement. There has been no such statement released by either himself or his office – until Thursday afternoon. He must have gotten a read on the room. He announced on Thursday that he’ll be back to work in the Capital on Monday.
https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell/status/16465817519242
I am looking forward to returning to the Senate on Monday. We’ve got important business to tackle and big fights to win for Kentuckians and the American people.
Josh Holmes, a McConnell adviser, pointed to Senator Rick Scott’s staff for a report published earlier Thursday that addressed the three Johns’ interest in McConnell’s job. He indicated Scott’s team was behind that. The feud between Scott and McConnell is well-known. It resulted in Scott challenging McConnell for the Senate leadership and failing spectacularly. Scott, at the time, distributed his plan for the Republicans’ agenda in the Senate and that plan did not gain one senator’s support. It was dead on arrival and Scott’s bid for Senate leadership quickly went nowhere.
Rick Scott’s team lost this narrative faster than they lost the senate. https://t.co/NJFgSGWXuT
— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) April 13, 2023
Ouch.
A Scott adviser referred to Holmes as a “hatchet man” and called the tweet a strange, childish attack.
McConnell is the flip side of the Dianne Feinstein Senate saga. Both senators are in their 80s and both have missed weeks of work as they recovered from illness or injury. Feinstein is still out as she recovers from shingles. The long knives are out for her, too, from members of her own party. Both have been in the Senate for decades. McConnell has held his seat since 1985, and Feinstein has held hers since 1992. It does spotlight a problem with senators holding office for decades. They become entrenched and act entitled to just hold on to the power long past time. McConnell, before the fall, didn’t appear to suffer from fragility. Feinstein has shown the opposite, slowly fading as she will soon celebrate her 90th birthday.
The three Johns will have to wait a while longer. Mitch is preparing to return. The Republican Party has certainly benefitted from his unique expertise of the ins and outs of procedure in the Senate. He expertly guided Trump’s judicial nominees to their confirmations. When he does decide to retire, Republicans better hope there is someone who is as knowledgeable and talented when it comes to Senate leadership.
Oh for god’s sake, go fishing.
McConnell ‘big fights to win’?
Poor guy was hit in the head harder then we thought. When has ever won a big fight in the Senate?
Worst news of the day!
Speak big, man lite.
The only battle Vichy McConnell cares about is the destruction of MAGA.
Maybe he can retire to China, and be Xi’s new spokesperson for Belt and Road for America.
Future history textbooks should show McConnell’s face next to that of Benedict Arnold.
Tells you how little work these people actually do. Why retire when you do NOTHING and steal money from Americans?
“We’ve got important business to tackle and big fights to win for Kentuckians and the American people.” ~ Mitch McConnell
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” ~ Ronald Reagan
This is what is wrong with our country.
80,000 years old and he wants to keep going.
So sad...
I, for one, am ready for his retirement. He and his ChiCom interests.
Mitch should return to Jurassic Park.
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He wants to return and finish the Job with Joe Biden.
While people still believe there’s money to spend in the Treasury
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That is one happy turtle.
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The fortune is never large enough.
There’s money left to scam.
88 yr olds reigning - who could care less wait the American people want isn’t exactly what the Founding Fathers envisioned.
MM believes 100% they’ll get Biden across the finish line — again.
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The old knucklehead wants more of the Trump Curse?
Coming right up!!!
Mitch still has work to do for his Masters in China
There’s still CCP money to launder.
“..The old knucklehead wants more of the Trump Curse? Coming right up!!!...”
From your keyboard to God’s ear!
Hopefully, the next one takes this RINO POS out for good.
The benefits must be outstanding because these old guys won’t quit whether they are sick, injured, or demented.
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