Posted on 11/09/2024 4:30:39 PM PST by george76
What the hell is going on in the US Senate?
Hours after Donald Trump wins the most conclusive mandate in 40 years, Mitch McConnell engineers a coup against his agenda by calling early leadership elections in the senate.
Two of the three candidates hate Trump and what he ran on. One of them, John Cornyn, is an angry liberal whose politics are indistinguishable from Liz Cheney’s.
The election is Wednesday, it’s by secret ballot, and it will determine whether or not the new administration succeeds. Rick Scott of Florida is the only candidate who agrees with Donald Trump. Call your senator and demand a public endorsement of Rick Scott.
Don’t let McConnell get away with it again.
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Mitch McConnell is trying to sink the Trump administration before it even begins.
We all knew this was coming.
Rick Scott is the best choice for Senate Majority Leader.
John Cornyn is one of the worst.
This pick matters.
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The swamp is going to swamp.
Mitch McConnell is attempting to sabotage President Trump’s presidency.
I dont think so. He said several weeks ago that leadership elections would be this month
You don’t think what?
Whatever McConnell does can be undone.
JD Vance will be the President Of The Senate.
McConnell helped keep Meritless Garland off the US Supreme Court. He also assisted with getting hundreds of Federal Judges installed through the Federal Judiciary. Lifetime appointments.
That said, the amount of horsepuckey, and deals with Chuck You Schumer, will forever taint his career.
Don’t go away mad, Mitch, just go away.
Cornyn is a total disaster and must be avoided at all costs
Scott is a great guy but I’m not sure he has what it takes to be a truly effective Majority leader .
John Thune has what it takes to be a great majority leader but he not down with the MAGA agenda
Isn’t McConnells DADDY China??
President Trump is the leader of the Republican party. He doesn’t get a say?
I don’t think this was some sort of post-election effort to harm trumps interests, since it was announced some time ago
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If the worst happens, can the new Senate not take a new vote? (Like the House did, without the leader’s agreement?)
Probably read the polls and realized that Kamala could not win, so he sabotaged the Senate to throw a wrench into the process.
Be careful- if Mitch the B!tch doesn’t get his way he’ll likely start sobbing- again
Reagan knew how to use “people power.”
I’m more shy
Thune and Cornyn can go to hell!!
How can this Senate vote on the leader of the next Senate? There are at least 3 new Republicans who won’t get a vote at all.
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Are you joking.
It was to support snd contro the dem if she won and to undercut the opposition.
You are not thinking
Why are they having leadership elections before new senators are sworn in?
It’s not quite the same thing. Party leader is elected by the party members of that chamber in the party caucus, not on the Senate floor.
I want to say that it is unusual for the newly elected members to not participate. I am not sure about that.
I am far more certain that the VP does not get a vote.
If there are 2 candidates tied, they keep voting.
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