Posted on 04/13/2023 10:38:15 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has been out of the public eye for weeks, following a serious fall that hospitalized him. Now multiple sources confirm that Senators John Barrasso of North Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota are actively reaching out to fellow Republican senators in efforts to prepare for an anticipated leadership vote — a vote that would occur upon announcement that McConnell would be retiring from his duties as leader, and presumably the Senate itself.
One source says that Cornyn has been particularly active in his preparations, taking fellow senators with whom he has little in common to lunch in attempts to court them.
Requests are being targeted at a plethora of conservative senators, including the sixteen who voted to delay the leadership election earlier this year, a proxy for opposition to McConnell’s leadership. Rick Scott, the Florida senator and former NRSC head who challenged McConnell, ultimately received ten protest votes. These members could prove key to determining the next Republican leader. Queries are also being made internally about the rules regarding replacement, and how the contest would be structured given the lack of an obvious heir apparent.
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Massie for Senate!
Hey :( see post 14. LOL :(
When you go to the article from the Hill, 2minutes ago it says McConnell to return to Congress after 5 week absence. So looks like no retirement.
I guess the question is he leaving the Senate or just his cushy job as Majority Leader.
How about Tommy Tuberville?
(And I endorse the B. option)
I hope that CCP cuck is leaving...
I AGREE!!
+1
“Senators John Barrasso of North Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota”
How about all conservatives rally around someone who is different...because doing the same damned thing isn’t exactly a recipe for success when it hasn’t worked so far.
Too bad they don’t listen to us. The draw back on Johnson is that WI is kind of purple and he squeaked by in 2023 election. But maybe being Senate leader would help him.
“McConnell is a giant in the history of the Senate”
That is only because he hasn’t been caught yet.
And Kennedy was a "Lion", whatever these things mean.
Giant RINO.
Oddly, people in TX think Cornyn is “basically conservative.” Easily fooled ones!
Barrasso, Cornyn, Thune.
Just more of the same old establishment of weakly GOP who will want to play nice with the Dems.
KY has a law that the Governor must pick from three names submitted by the party of the dead/retiring Senator.
But I’m sure it’s unconstitutional, since the Constitution says vacancies shall be filled by the executive authority of a State.
I have never understood the animosity here towards Mitch McConnell, without whom we would not have a 6 to 3 conservative supreme court.
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