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PublishedApril 12, 2022
Commentary: Republicans need to tell voters what their plans are
Mitch McConnell wants his party’s midterm candidates to avoid discussing specific policies – but his spat with Sen. Rick Scott shows that can backfire.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2022
Commentary: Trump versus McConnell isn’t the real story
Sure, the minority leader would like to diminish the former president’s influence. But he cares much more about winning elections.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2022
Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him
While Donald Trump's allies believe there should be no limits in their loyalty to the former president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other establishment leaders believe there is a line Republicans should not cross.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2022
Sen. McConnell rebukes Republican National Committee, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said that the rioters who 'broke windows and breached the Capitol were not engaged in legitimate political discourse, and to say otherwise is absurd.'
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PublishedAugust 15, 2021
Jim Fossel: Bipartisan infrastructure bill good for democracy
You don't need to be a fan of big spending to be happy with the $1 trillion legislation that the U.S. Senate just passed.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
Our View: Collins should support independent Jan. 6 commission
The Maine Republican senator’s minor objections should not outweigh the danger of doing nothing in response to the insurrection.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2021
Trump hurls insults at McConnell, calls him an ‘unsmiling political hack’
Moments after the Senate voted to acquit Trump on Saturday, top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell gave a floor speech in which he blamed Trump for spreading 'wild falsehoods' about a stolen election, creating a 'manufactured atmosphere of looming catastrophe' that inspired the mob.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2021
McConnell votes ‘not guilty,’ then calls Trump actions ‘unconscionable’
He says, 'We have no power to convict and disqualify a former office holder who is now a private citizen.'
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2021
GOP’s Mitch McConnell: Trump morally responsible for Jan. 6 attack
Washington's most powerful Republican used his strongest language to date to denounce Trump minutes after he voted to acquit him.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2021
McConnell blocks quick impeachment trial in Senate; won’t rule out vote to convict
The Kentucky Republican also sees House Democrats' drive to impeach Trump as an opportune moment to distance the GOP from the tumultuous, divisive outgoing president.
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