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MAGA Is Pissing Off Republicans With Its Push for Senate Leader
The Hill ^ | 11/11/24 | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Posted on 11/12/2024 10:55:35 AM PST by The Unknown Republican

With Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on his way out, a MAGA power play amid the fight for Senate leadership is starting to rub some Republicans the wrong way.

After 17 years in the hot seat, McConnell is expected to exit his post at the top of Senate Republican leadership on Wednesday, ending his run as the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history...

...“Senators do not take kindly to having an army of social media trolls attack them,” one unnamed aide told Politico on Sunday, noting that the effort was only “pissing off senators whose votes Rick needs” to win.

(Excerpt) Read more at newrepublic.com ...


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To: PeterPrinciple

Yeah, that could be most definitely. I’ve seen this same story across multiple outlets. In any event, it wouldn’t hurt for us all to contact our respective Senators and express displeasure at the closed voting and our preference for Rick Scott.


41 posted on 11/12/2024 11:11:44 AM PST by The Unknown Republican
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To: MNJohnnie
"Romney trolls"

Apt description..

42 posted on 11/12/2024 11:12:02 AM PST by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: The Unknown Republican

Winning!


43 posted on 11/12/2024 11:12:19 AM PST by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: SmokingJoe


McConnell, Thune, and Cornyn talk about the leadershi[p race ---

Nyuk nyuk nyuk
44 posted on 11/12/2024 11:12:35 AM PST by BigEdLB ( Let’s go Brandon)
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To: The Unknown Republican

No little turtles! Who cares who it pisses off.


45 posted on 11/12/2024 11:13:01 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: Skwor

“LOL the Hill telling MAGA what we are doing worn.”

It is actually a New Republic article.


46 posted on 11/12/2024 11:13:28 AM PST by JSM_Liberty
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To: Pollard

I’m actually okay with bogus nomination stories. It persuades the Swamp maybe Trump won’t drain them after all.

Especially until after Wednesday at the WH. It’s a very dangerous assassination scenario.


47 posted on 11/12/2024 11:14:15 AM PST by Owen
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To: Bayard

Is there ANY state where the GOP Senate candidate got more votes than Donald J. Trump? Dave McCormick rode his coattails to a Senate seat in Pennsylvania as did Bernie Moreno in Ohio. DJT won in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona while all GOP senate candidates narrowly lost.


48 posted on 11/12/2024 11:14:31 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: The Unknown Republican

“Senators do not take kindly to having an army of social media trolls attack them,”

Translation: We are not pleased with the attention from the plebians.


49 posted on 11/12/2024 11:15:11 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: The Unknown Republican

Rather than focused on a long term national mission they are vain and shallow children completely self-absorbed in their vanities if this reason is the reason for their resistance.

Phonies and con men.


50 posted on 11/12/2024 11:15:22 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Skwor

Panem Hates it when the districts talk back.


51 posted on 11/12/2024 11:15:36 AM PST by MMusson ( )
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To: The Unknown Republican

Those Social Media Trolls put you in power and now unfortuanately have a voice, even in the Sinate.


52 posted on 11/12/2024 11:16:10 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: The Unknown Republican

Those senators must learn quickly that the Republican Part and MAGA are one and the same. The old-line senators must accept the fact or go home!!!


53 posted on 11/12/2024 11:17:19 AM PST by elpadre
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To: The Unknown Republican

“Senators do not take kindly to having an army of social media trolls attack them,” one unnamed aide told Politico on Sunday, noting that the effort was only “pissing off senators whose votes Rick needs” to win.”

Whose language is this?

Concerned citizens registering their wishes with the ones they have elected are now “social media trolls”.

“Pissing off senators” is how senators view their voters desires once they are safely elected.

As Tucker warns us, the politicians hate us, maily because we vote their sorry asses into office and that knowledge tamps down their grandiose feelings of lordship over us.

Senator Bill Cassidy palmed himself off as a Trump supporter, and immediately after he was re-elected, he voted to impeach Trump.


54 posted on 11/12/2024 11:17:30 AM PST by odawg
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To: SmokingJoe


McConnell,directs candidates Thune and Cornyn for leadership ---

Nyuk nyuk nyuk
55 posted on 11/12/2024 11:17:48 AM PST by BigEdLB ( Let’s go Brandon)
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To: The Unknown Republican
“Senators do not take kindly to having an army of the people attacking them

That's the whole damn problem. The arrogance of these corrupt entrenched azzhole "Public servants" pretending to be special kings.

56 posted on 11/12/2024 11:18:20 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: The Unknown Republican
Senators do not take kindly to having an army of the people attacking them

So they don't believe in Democracy. I thought Democrats were fighting to preserve Democracy. Suddenly, they don't like it so much anymore? They want to protect GOP Senators who don't want to be responsive to their constituents?

57 posted on 11/12/2024 11:20:34 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: AAABEST

“Anyone catch the smug look on Thune’s face when he was telling Trump to “stay out.””

Smug and smirk is pretty much the only looks the left and their little RINO helpers ever have. They are still under the delusion that they’re in charge.


58 posted on 11/12/2024 11:21:26 AM PST by Danie_2023
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To: All

Populism is ascendant and there is nothing they can do about it.

It’s not too early to work on primarying these elitists.


59 posted on 11/12/2024 11:23:51 AM PST by Owen
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To: The Unknown Republican

It certainly does smack of elitism.

They seem to think we elected them to run our lives for us.

Nope. They’re supposed to be representing us, not their own special interests.


60 posted on 11/12/2024 11:23:57 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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