Category: Mitch McConnell

Dem Attacks on Ginni Thomas Are ‘Political Hit’: McConnell

During a speech on the Senate floor March 30, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) decried Democrats’ attacks against Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni Thomas, over texts she sent on Jan. 6, 2021. Ginni Thomas sent texts to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally encouraging…


McConnell Says He Will Vote Against Jackson for Supreme Court

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday he cannot support the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. McConnell made the statement on the Senate floor after the Senate Judiciary Committee completed the fourth and final day of hearings for the federal appellate judge. “I went into the Senate’s consideration of Judge Jackson’s nomination…


Republican Senate Candidate Won’t Back McConnell If He Wins Election

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), running for an open U.S. Senate seat representing his state, says he will not back Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) if he wins the seat. “Today, I unveil my pledge to America to fire Mitch McConnell,” Brooks said in an advertisement released by his campaign. “If elected to the Senate,…


Ukraine Aid Package Totals $14 billion, McConnell Says

Congress’s aid package for Ukraine and its Eastern European allies now stands at $14 billion, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said. McConnell announced the deal on Tuesday, telling reporters that the figure would include loan guarantees to help NATO allies including Poland purchase U.S. aircraft to replace warplanes transferred to Ukraine. “Where we…


McConnell, Manchin, Others Respond to Report Detailing Massive Annual Inflation

Lawmakers like Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), moderate Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), and others are responding after a Thursday morning report showed that inflation in 2021 hit its highest annual point since 1982. The fact that inflation has been rising is no surprise—for months, the U.S. Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) has…


McConnell, Other Republicans Warn Against Letting ‘Radical Left’ Hijack Supreme Court Pick

News Analysis Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republicans are advising President Joe Biden not to “outsource” his Supreme Court pick to “the radical left,” warning that they will fight hard against the confirmation of anyone they consider too left-wing. Liberals, fearful of losing another seat on the 6–3 conservative-leaning court, had for…


McConnell Deconstructs Biden

Commentary The art of deconstructing an argument by refutation and holding a person accountable for previous statements that the person now contradicts was once an honored tradition. It has now mostly gone the way of other traditions in favor of sound bite statements formulated in political party meetings and used to confuse the public. Senate…


Top GOP Sen. John Thune Announces Reelection Bid

One of the top Republican senators, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), announced Saturday he’s running for reelection after saying he wasn’t sure if he would. “I’ve always promised that I would do the work, even when it was hard, uncomfortable or unpopular,” Thune said in a statement. “That work continues, which is why after careful consideration…


Manchin Should ‘Come Across Aisle and Join Us’: McConnell

In an open gesture to embattled moderate Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Fox News on Wednesday that Manchin should join the GOP amid continuing attacks on the West Virginian from his own party. Manchin kicked off a panic among Democrats on Dec. 19 when he announced in a…


Former Kentucky US Rep. Larry Hopkins Dies at 88

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Former U.S. Rep. Larry Hopkins, who served as a state lawmaker before representing central Kentucky in Congress for more than a decade, has died. He was 88. Milward Funeral Home in Lexington confirmed the death, but did not release further information. Hopkins was elected to Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District in 1978 and served until…