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Mitch McConnell may be in trouble.
A new report outlines that Republican senators may seek to remove McConnell from Senate leadership.
This happened after the border bill debacle.
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, who leads the Republican minority, may not have long to live after Senate leaders this week rejected a bipartisan supplemental national security aid bill. Several prominent Republican senators told The Daily Caller in an exclusive conversation Wednesday that the border bill fiasco has signaled the Republican conference could go over the edge and remove McConnell from leadership. Ta.
“Mitch McConnell has effectively made the largest in-kind campaign contribution in history to the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told the Caller.
Conservatives inside and outside the official Republican establishment have long criticized Mr. McConnell, who has a reputation in the Senate for shrewd negotiation and deft maneuvering, for not taking strong enough stances on issues important to the party’s base. McConnell has held the reins of power through the Republican convention for nearly two decades, but momentum to remove him from office is at a fever pitch following a massive backlash over border policy proposals released this week.
“I think this is an opportunity to beat him, and I’m trying to figure out if that’s possible. I think there’s a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem. You probably have the votes. But I think somebody has to come forward and that person doesn’t want to come forward unless you have the vote, and it can’t be just Mike.And Ted, and Mitch. Those are the kinds of people you hate,” one Republican senator told the Caller, given anonymity to speak freely without fear of retaliation from the leadership. “Obviously we’ve got to get to about halfway through the conference. I mean, it’s all happening behind the scenes. And frankly, what this vote is going to be, broadly speaking, is where the conference is headed. I think it will help you decide if you are willing to move forward.”
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