Mitch McConnell’s Arizona Abortion Ban Dodge Signals GOP Panic
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is a reliable Republican bellwether, and his refusal to talk about the Arizona abortion ban signals Republican panic.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is a reliable Republican bellwether, and his refusal to talk about the Arizona abortion ban signals Republican panic.
In a closed door meeting with his Senate Republican conference, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed that Trump ordered Republicans not to do a border deal with Biden.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) backed up President Biden’s statement that aid from Ukraine is actually spent in 38 different states in the US.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a message to Kevin McCarthy that he is all alone on the government shutdown.
Senator Mitch McConnell ignored Senator Mitt Romney’s advanced warning about the threat of violence on January 6th, 2021, including chatter targeting Romney himself.
While speaking on the Senate floor, Sen. Mitch McConnell only made a passing and vague reference to recent freezing in front of reporters. McConnell is not helping his situation.
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) blamed dehydration and a concussion for Mitch McConnell’s freeze-ups, but those sound like excuses that aren’t coming clean with the American people.
The office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell released a letter from the Capitol Hill physician clearing him for work, and suggesting that the concussion McConnell suffered five months ago is causing the freeze-ups.
There are reports that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze for 30 seconds while answering questions from reporters in Kentucky.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was booed and met with overwhelming chants of retire at the Fancy Farm Picnic over the weekend.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been trying to brush off the incident where he froze up at a press conference, but McConnell has had recent issues that suggest his health is a concern.
In 2021, Mitch McConnell had the Kentucky legislature change state law so Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear can’t choose his replacement.
A strange moment occurred at the Senate Republican leadership press conference when Mitch McConnell froze while speaking and had to be escorted away by colleagues.
Former Sen, Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is warning those who want Dianne Feinstein to resign that if Feinstein quits, Mitch McConnell will have the power to kill all of Biden’s judicial nominees.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dodged the question when he was asked about Trump being the leader of the Republican Party while facing criminal charges.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sided with the Capitol Police and criticized Fox News for Tucker Carlson’s lie-filled 1/6 propaganda.
The bad blood between Mitch McConnell and Rick Scott erupted after McConnell said that Scott might not be able to win reelection in Florida due to his desire to kill Social Security.
Senate Republicans are being asked to condemn Trump’s attack on the Constitution and they are refusing.
In the Mitch McConnell/Donald Trump feud, the best outcome would be mutually assured destruction.
Sen. Rick Scott tried to challenge Mitch McConnell for the Senate Minority Leader position, but McConnell says he already has the votes to win.
Republicans are planning on increasing inflation by cutting taxes for the rich if they win control of Congress.
The Senate Rules Committee voted 14-1 to advance Electoral Count Act reform, with 7 Republicans voting yes and only Ted Cruz voting no.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may get rid of Trump once and for all, as he is encouraging his caucus to make a deal on reforming the Electoral Count Act.
Mitch McConnell’s super PAC has pulled out of Arizona in a sign that Sen. Mark Kelly (D) is in a position to keep his Senate seat.
Mitch McConnell’s powerful super PAC canceled half of its ad buy in Arizona because that money had to be redirected to prop up failing JD Vance in Ohio.
Mitch McConnell had threatened to block the vital bill to increase semiconductor production if Democrats moved forward with reconciliation, so Democrats waited until the CHIPS bill passed and then announced the Schumer/Manchin deal.
Senate Minority Mitch McConnell walked into a big Democratic trap when he claimed that lowering the cost of prescription drugs is socialism.
Senate Minority Leader has threatened to jeopardize national security unless Democrats stop trying to pass prescription drug reform.
The common thread through decades of Senate inaction on gun violence is Sen. Mitch McConnell obstructing gun reform.
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) responded to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s criticism that he is an “isolationist” for voting against a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine as the United States continues to fund the nation’s efforts to combat the ongoing Russian invasion.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that Democrats and the Supreme Court leaker are threatening SCOTUS.
McConnell was “exhilarated” by the potential damage of the January 6 insurrection on former President Donald Trump.
Trump told Mitch McConnell about his coup to flip election results in Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, but McConnell stayed silent.
Mitch McConnell was asked where his moral red lines are, and he made it clear that he has none.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) defended Justice Clarence Thomas, criticizing “clumsy bullying from the political branches” over Thomas’s handling of cases related to the 2020 presidential election, dismissing calls for Thomas to recuse himself.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to respond to reporters’ questions when asked about accusations that Senate candidate Eric Greitens beat his wife and children.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tried to play off the Putin GOP as a few lonely voices and urged America to ignore them.
Under Chuck Schumer’s leadership, America is seeing that Mitch McConnell was the problem, not the Senate.
The Rick Scott and Mitch McConnell feud took another turn as Scott went after McConnell for not wanting to raise taxes on half of the American people.
Mitch McConnell looked like he could see his chance of winning the Senate majority slipping away as Biden listed his economic successes.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell released a joint Senate statement of solidarity with Ukraine.
The chaos and division are growing in the Republican Party as Mitch McConnell expressed his disagreement with the RNC on 1/6 and censuring Cheney and Kinzinger.
Mitch McConnell was asked at a press conference how many black women work on his staff, and he said he didn’t know.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will get a prompt hearing in the Senate, which is possible because Mitch McConnell changed the filibuster.
After being criticized for a statement that suggested that African-Americans aren’t Americans, Mitch McConnell said that calling him racist is hurtful.
Mitch McConnell went on a nearly ten-minute rant/tantrum on the Senate floor in response to President Biden’s voting rights speech.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to Mitch McConnell calling the push for voting rights hysteria by using his own words against him.
McConnell and Kevin McCarthy won’t be in DC for the 1/6 attack anniversary.
Republicans are currently courting Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) after he rang the death knell for President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill, which would have been the Biden administration’s most substantial public policy victory. GOP senators have told Manchin they would welcome him into their caucus if he switched his political allegiances. Although Manchin has…
All across the country top, potential Republican candidates are refusing to run for Senate and killing Mitch McConnell’s chances of becoming Majority Leader.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell claims to oppose the Biden agenda but he praised the infrastructure bill as a godsend.
Speaker Pelosi called Mitch McConnell “Moscow Mitch” and accused him of playing economic Russian Roulette.
Not only are Senate Republicans struggling to get 60 votes to raise the debt ceiling, but they are trying to avoid any responsibility for their debt.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell caved on the debt ceiling without making sure that he had the Republican votes to raise the debt limit.
Mitch McConnell backtracked on his pledge that Republicans would vote to raise the debt limit after Democrats started talking about nuking the filibuster.
On Monday, Senate Minority Leader McConnell said that there will be no Senate Republicans voting to raise the debt limit.
Speaker Pelosi took no prisoners as she used Mitch McConnell’s own words on the debt ceiling and default against him.
Former Republican Treasury Secretaries have been meeting with Mitch McConnell to convince him that destroying the US economy is a really bad move.
Trump hatched a plot to oust Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), but he was rejected by Senate Republicans.
Senate Democrats are calling out Mitch McConnell for using debt ceiling sabotage to stop President Biden.
At an event in Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told his own party that President Biden will not be impeached.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refused to criticize Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott for their COVID spreading policies.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised President Biden for the infrastructure bill, in what was a clear message to Trump.
Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), criticizing him for supporting a bipartisan infrastructure package that is set to the pass the Senate. “Nobody will ever understand why Mitch McConnell allowed this non-infrastructure bill to be passed. He has given up all of his leverage for the big whopper…
Mitch McConnell’s opposition to raising the debt ceiling is not surprising, but he is trying to use the tactic to slow down Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the outrage over Republican voter suppression phony and argued that Americans don’t want voting rights bills.
Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives. They hold a narrow majority in the Senate. They have the White House. And up until last week, they actually believed they could make common cause with republicans for the good of the republic. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch “The Grim Reaper” McConnell said the quiet part…
While meeting with business leaders in Kentucky, Mitch McConnell called it wildly inappropriate for the government to spend money on Biden’s priorities to help people.
The Lincoln Project has released a new ad mocking former President Donald Trump for his beef with Senate Minority Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) and declared McConnell the actual leader of the Republican Party. “Does Mitch call the shots now, Donald?” the narrator of the ad asks. “He says he runs the Republican party, the party you built….
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that legislation to protect the right to vote rigs elections for Democrats.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked about Sen. Joe Manchin’s voting rights compromise, and he said no Republican would support it.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that if Republicans win back the Senate before 2024, he will block any Biden Supreme Court nominee.
Speaking to Fox News, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) evaded the question of whether he would “welcome” former President Donald Trump’s involvement come midterm elections in 2022. “Well, he has his own agenda,” McConnell said of Trump, before proceeding to criticize the Biden administration. “And my view is we’re going to focus on this…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spun a tale of woe on the Senate floor as he tried to blame President Biden for not falling for his infrastructure sabotage.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that it is already illegal to discriminate against a voter based on race while opposing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
President Biden knows that Mitch McConnell won’t agree to an infrastructure deal, but the negotiations are all about keeping Democrats on board to pass the bill alone.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer announced that the Senate vote on the 1/6 Commission will happen on Friday afternoon.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) was a House impeachment manager for the 1/6 impeachment and he says McConnell is hiding devastating evidence against Trump.
Senate Minority Leader McConnell has increased his pressure on members of his caucus to vote against the 1/6 Commission.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) accused Democrats of trying to litigate Trump through the midterm election, which was a projection of his own fear.
Republicans are afraid that an investigation into the 1/6 attack on the Capitol would bring attention to their role in the violence.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) is demanding to know what House and Senate Minority Leaders McCarthy and McConnell are hiding about the Capitol attack.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his opposition to the 1/6 Commission as he is trying to cover up the Republican attack on the Capitol.
Nicolle Wallace called Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, and other Republicans clowns and apologized to her viewers for showing video of them.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) avoided commenting on the hold former President Donald Trump has on the GOP, pivoting discussion instead to the Republican Party’s hopes for the midterm elections, a time when incumbent administrations typically lose seats. What ’22 ought to be is a referendum, and it often is, on the performance of…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appeared to try and distance himself from the controversy surrounding efforts by Republicans to oust Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) because she has refused to back former President Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 general election. McConnell, when asked if he would help Cheney keep her position as conference chair, said that…
House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said that McConnell is trying to create ignorant Americans with his opposition to teaching about systemic racism.
An excerpt from journalist Susan Page’s biography of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) titled Madame Speaker shows Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have an icy relationship. “Mitch McConnell is not a force for good in our country,” Pelosi is quoted as saying. “He is an enabler of some of the worst stuff,…
More than 100 corporate and business leaders responded to Mitch McConnell’s threat by meeting to discuss cutting off the GOP. The Washington Post reported: The online call between corporate executives on Saturday “shows they are not intimidated by the flak. They are not going to be cowed,” Sonnenfeld said. “They felt very strongly that these…
Trump called Mitch McConnell a “dumb son of a bitch” for not destroying democracy and overturning the election during an RNC speech.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had the nerve to accuse President Biden of court-packing as he lost it over the President potentially adding more SCOTUS justices.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tore into corporations whose CEOs have spoken out against Georgia’s new voting restrictions, urging them to stay out of politics. “My advice to the corporate CEOs of America is to stay out of politics. Don’t pick sides in these big fights,” McConnell said. McConnell’s criticisms appear at odds with…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened corporations with “consequences” if they continue to stand against racist voter suppression laws.
President Biden laughed off Mitch McConnell’s threat to oppose the infrastructure bill then turned Republican voters against McConnell.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that Senate Republicans would support Biden’s infrastructure and jobs bills because they raise taxes on the rich.
A leaked phone call featuring Mitch McConnell’s policy adviser and the Kochs revealed that they are freaking out over the popularity of election reform.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden and McConnell talk regularly, which is the opposite of what the Senate Minority Leader told Fox News.
Speaking to the Ruthless podcast in an episode released earlier this morning, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) claimed reforming the filibuster would lead to a “nuclear winter” in the Senate, hampering bipartisan coordination. “I think if they destroy the essence of the Senate, the legislative filibuster, they will find a Senate that will not function,” he…
Former President Donald Trump said ending the filibuster would be “catastrophic” for the GOP, voicing his support as Democrats continue to face calls to scrap it entirely. “Look, he’s hanging by a thread right now with respect to the filibuster,” Trump said of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during an interview on the podcast…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) dismissed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s (R-Ky.) threat to employ “scorched earth” tactics if Democrats successfully get rid of the filibuster. “We used to call the Senate, when he was in charge, the legislative graveyard,” Schumer told Stephen Colbert during an interview on The Late Show. “The House would send…