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Might be. He's not been in the Senate for a month. https://thespectator.com/topic/gop-...utm_source=substack&utm_medium=emailSenate 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 Wyoming, 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.
McConnell fell at a dinner event for the Senate Leadership Fund on March 8 at the Waldorf Astoria, formerly the Trump Hotel, in Washington, DC. He suffered a concussion, and only after being treated at a hospital and at his home did murmurs begin that he might be unable to return to the Senate. These discussions increased in volume based on the inability of other senators to do their jobs — with California’s Dianne Feinstein missing votes due to a shingles diagnosis and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania’s hospitalization for depression.
McConnell has guided the Republican Senate since 2007, and his role at the top of the party has been enormously significant. As the longest serving Senate Party Leader in history, he has been both a target for critics of the Republican establishment and a skilled leader in the judicial nomination fights that became one of the most important battlefields in Washington. His departure from the role of Republican leader would leave a massive vacuum, one that could be filled by Barrasso, Cornyn, Thune or potentially a dark horse ambitious enough to seize the moment.
McConnell is a giant in the history of the Senate — and much as many may question his methods, his departure from leadership would create new chaos for the GOP. Cockburn has reached out to Senator McConnell’s office for comment. McConnell tweeted he'd be back on Monday, so we'll see.
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Put Cornyn in the same casket.
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Thune be his name and establishment be his game.
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe, an Obama phone, free health insurance. and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.
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Put Cornyn in the same casket. If we could only be so lucky.
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Put Cornyn in the same casket. I'll second that RINO bastard
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There are only a couple I would consider underhanded enough to handle that particular job with the manner it deserves... however, it seems glaring in what wasn't stated in the article- who might be the choice to replace McConnel if this situation comes to fruition. Sooner or later - hopefully sooner- this decision will have to be made even if McConnel fights it. So, who would you guys think would fill this role sufficiently to get something done- especially with the Senate in the hands of the Demos at the moment?
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Rand Paul and Josh Hawley are the only choices.
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Pierre Delecto for the win!
Imagine a corporate oligarchy so effective, so advanced and fine tuned that its citizens still call it a democracy.
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McConnell is married to a ChiComm spy.
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If "turtle" retires, who gets to pick his replacement? Special election, or an appointment by that dummycrap stooge governor? Yes, he needs to go, but with a closely divided senate, the wrong replacement could be a disaster.
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Dianne Feinstein has been MIA as well.
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Rand Paul and Josh Hawley are the only choices. No, they will put another corrupt old RINO in turtles place.
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All Cornyn deserves is trial and sentence.......What is the sentence for treason?
Rehab is for quitters! THEY are all guilty! Name one honest politician! DEFINE Treason. God bless the USA Democrats ARE the plague! RINO'S need to be hunted! Who's a bigger puzzy than Paul Ryan? Mike Pence? John Kerry ? REELECT NOBODY! Except Trump
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I could go to the local zoo and get a monkey to do it. Couldn't be any worse.
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The rinos would put a hit out on Rand Paul in 5 minutes if they thought he had a shot at it.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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AF is probably pledging a YUGE donation J.I.C.
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Thune be his name and establishment be his game. Nailed it. The question is will he have the votes.
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