Sophia Flores of OAN
9:35am – Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate majority leader in history, plans to step down from his post in November.
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McConnell (R-Ky.) is scheduled to announce the news Wednesday afternoon from the Well of the Senate. The place he first discovered in 1985.
“One of the most underrated talents in life is knowing when it’s time to move on to the next chapter of your life,” he said in prepared remarks obtained. Associated Press. “So I want to stand before you today and tell you that this will be my last term as Senate Republican leader.”
“As I was thinking about when to deliver the news to the Senate, I always envisioned a moment when I would have complete clarity and peace about the sunset of my work,” McConnell said in prepared remarks. mentioned in. “This was the moment I became convinced that I had contributed to preserving the ideals that I strongly believe in. It arrived today.”
McConnell is stepping down as Republican leader but plans to serve out his term in the Senate. It will end in January 2027.
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