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“I know it’s become quite fashionable in some circles to disregard the global interests we have as a global power. To bemoan the responsibilities of global leadership. To lament the commitment that has underpinned the longest drought of great power conflict in human history. … This is idle work for idle minds. And it has no place in the United States Senate.”
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a key Ukraine supporter, who has been loudly defending his decision to move on from the border fight after his conference rejected the compromise that Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) hammered out with Democrats, reports Punchbowl News.
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A new Monmouth poll finds just 6% of respondents approve of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) job performance, while 60% disapprove. In contrast, Chuck Schumer has a 21% approval rating and Mike Johnson is at 17%.
“I like Mitch McConnell. And if you quote me on that, I’ll deny it.”>/h3>
— Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), quoted by Politico.
“Pardon the morbidity, but I really have to say what everybody is (or should be) saying about what happened with Mitch McConnell yesterday. … Imagine if that had happened to Donald Trump. Or Joe Biden. … Our politics would be upended in the blink of an eye. The margin is that thin. … But this is what living in a gerontocracy is like.”
“I hit my head, but I didn’t hit it that hard. Nice try.”
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was asked by CNN for the first time since returning to the U.S. Senate for his thoughts on Donald Trump’s indictment.
“I’m gonna try to help explain to the American people that defeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going on in the world right now… there should be a bipartisan support for this.”
— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), on Fox News.
“What in the world is going on? Has the Biden administration just dialed the sensitivity of our radars all the way up? If so, what are the objects that we are just now noticing for the very first time? Are they benign science projects and wayward weather balloons, or something more nefarious that we’ve somehow been missing all this time?”
— Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by The Hill.
“From an atmospheric point of view, it’s a perfect storm of problems for the Democrats. How could you screw this up? It’s actually possible. And we’ve had some experience with that in the past. … In the Senate, if you look at where we have to compete in order to get into a majority, there are places that are competitive in the general election. So you can’t nominate somebody who’s just sort of unacceptable to a broader group of people and win. We had that experience in 2010 and 2012.”
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the political atmosphere is good for Republicans heading into the midterms but warned that the party could bungle its chances if “unacceptable” candidates win their primaries but go on to lose in November, The Hill reports.
“America can’t afford a Senate leader who is a weak-kneed, debt junkie, open-border RINO Republican and who, worse yet, sells out America for special interest group cash.”
— Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) in a new ad “is calling for Mitch McConnell to be ousted as Senate GOP leader, making him the party’s third major Senate candidate to come out in favor of booting the Kentucky Republican,” Politico reports.
“Ratchet the sanctions all the way up. Don’t hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now.”
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that President Biden should increase sanctions against Russia “all the way up” after Moscow began a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, The Hill reports.