Senate GOP leader McConnell's future at risk as border deal falls apart

Just the News ^ | 11 Feb, 2024 | Nicholas Ballasy

[MtnClimber]

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell may be on the ropes after the border deal went down in flames.

McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, tapped Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., to negotiate a border aspect to include in the supplemental foreign aid package that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wanted to pass. McConnell himself has emphasized that Congress should provide more funding for Ukraine and Israel. President Biden has requested $61 billion for the Ukraine war and $17 billion for Israel's war against Hamas.

The border deal was greeted with harsh criticism from conservatives in Congress, particularly the threshold that would trigger the new emergency authority given to the president. In the bill, the president would have authority to order the closure of the southern border if immigrant encounters reach an average of 5,000 per day over a seven day period.

Former President Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP nomination, warned the GOP not to make a border deal with Democrats. "A bad border deal is far worse than no border deal," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

On Wednesday, Senate Republicans voted to block the border deal from advancing as part of a $118 billion package that included foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as humanitarian assistance for Gaza.

"McConnell, this was his doing. He was the mastermind of this debacle, this disaster of this immigration bill that again, once it actually was made public, it failed," said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., on the "Just the News, Not Noise" TV program on Thursday. "Within hours, it didn't take 40 to 72 hours, this thing was dead as soon as it hit the airwaves."

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said the entire GOP caucus is "disappointed" in how everything played out with the border deal. "We're all disappointed that we've given up, it seems, like we've kind of given up as a caucus on our border," Tuberville told Just the News.

"And the very quick shift yesterday with a vote, voting down this non-essential border bill that would not do anything to protect our American citizens at the border and then very quickly turn around and vote on the supplemental to give $100 billion, basically, overseas to other people's borders, before we secure ours, doesn't make any sense to me," he added.

Tuberville revealed that a "growing number" of Senate Republicans are turning on McConnell, the longest-serving Senate Republican leader in history.

"I'm one that's going to follow the leader until it's changed but we do have some very vocal people in our conference saying, 'enough's enough. Let's get a new leadership team and let's make some progress,'" Tuberville said.

"We haven't done anything since I've been here. We've had the leadership team that has voted to give things away, such as the infrastructure bill, the CHIPS Act, a lot of things that have passed and been giveaways that I don't think really helped the American people except the Democrats. And last time I looked, we're conservative Republicans and should be helping the American people," he continued....

[StAnDeliver]

"It’s one thing for us to be critical of Mitch McConnell on various issues. But it’s another thing if we want to talk about replacing him as leader , and who would replace him. Does anyone have any ideas who would be a good replacement?"

First of all, he ain't goin' short of being primaried.

Secondly, he ain't bein' primaried.

Nothing but tomato cans thrown at Miotch since the very beginning where he edged Huddleston in the general.

In Miotch's first primary in '84, they ran 3 tomato cans at him, who split 21% among themselves evenly, like 3 Scotsmen and one wet match LOFL.

Here was the tomato juice spilled in 2020:

Here's a view on the tomato-canned runner-up:

"Golden referenced news coverage of Morgan’s loss in the 2018 Republican state House primary to Deanna Frazier. In a Facebook post on election night, Morgan announced that he was leaving the Republican Party and supporting the Democratic nominee, Morgan Eaves.

“Tonight the GOP lost a true conservative and patriot. I will no longer be associated with the Republican Party,” Morgan wrote.

The next day, Morgan said he had changed his mind."

Owns a liquor package store. LOFL.

[Vaduz]

McConnell just another democrat cult member.
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[Eleutheria5]

He has already had a “career”. It’s lasted overlong. What can they really do to him.

[Paladin2]

Put the turtle up on his post.

[KC_Conspirator]

Yeah what deal?

[Reily]

He’ll appoint a D and try to get a federal court to say the Kentucky law is unconstitutional!

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Yeah, I think I heard that the legislature overrode his veto. Maybe he made that statement before that happened.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

You know a dem is bad news. With the GOP, it’s possible we don’t get a RINO.

[dfwgator]

A RINO pisses on your leg then tells you it’s raining.

[Joe Boucher]

Please shit can mitch.
Worthless RINO mookabooker he is.