McConnell to step down as Senate Republican leader in November after record run

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2 thoughts on “McConnell to step down as Senate Republican leader in November after record run

  1. Mitch will go down for his crowning achievement, packing the Supreme Court for a generation. He played his cards well and was able to use the election of Obama as president to maximum political benefit. Why be bipartisan when it pays off to be obstructionist?

    His biggest mistake will go down for foolishly thinking that Donald Trump would sulk off into history, falsely claiming that conviction and permanent disqualification for leading an insurrection that tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power was impossible. He should go down as the one man who saved Trump’s political career, though Trump, as usual, never showed any such appreciation.

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