mitch mcconnell

Published
April 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.'
Published
August 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.
Published
May 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.
Published
February 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.
Published
February 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.'
Published
February 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.
Published
January 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.