It was never really going to be a triumph for conservatives to see the end of Mitch McConnell’s run as the GOP leader in the Senate.
Why? Because as weak an ally as McConnell has been for those on the right of the D.C. uniparty, he isn’t really the problem.
The problem is the caucus that chose McConnell. They’ve chosen him as leader since 2007.
And after word hit that McConnell, who’s been physically unable to perform for the last month since a fall at a hotel put him in the hospital, may be surrendering his position, more evidence surfaced to suggest that he will.
The three Republican senators now jockeying to take over the reins from McConnell? Not Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Rick Scott. Oh, no.
John Barrasso, John Cornyn, and John Thune.
Replacing McConnell with a slightly younger and even less dynamic version of himself? Great.
What we don’t know at this point is whether or not McConnell is going to leave the Senate altogether. You’d hope he’d stick around at least until January, so that the Democrat governor in Kentucky, Andy Beshear, won’t be able to pick his replacement.
There’s a state law that says Beshear has to select a senator from the same party as the one who’s leaving. And guess what? Just like a typical Democrat, he says he doesn’t think he’s bound by that law.
Because of course he isn’t. Democrats roll like that.
If it strikes you that you can’t even enjoy the possible end of Mitch McConnell as the most important Republican in the Senate, that’s what 2023 is all about.
https://spectator.org/five-quick-things-right-out-of-a-1970s-conspiracy-movie/
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