Can Conservatives Get Rid of Mitch McConnell? And Should They?
By Joe Cunningham | Aug 22, 2022 11:30 AM ET
There are routine calls for Republicans to do something about Mitch McConnell. And I get it. He’s a creature of the establishment, he has not exactly been the kindest guy toward upstart conservatives coming to Washington D.C., and he has never really been so much as ally of Trump as he was just on the same side for certain issues.
We have covered McConnell extensively here at RedState, condemning his more establishment behavior at times while also begrudgingly admitting that the overturning of Roe v. Wade wouldn’t have happened without him. I have affectionately referred to him as a “supervillain” on at least one occasion.
Conservatives are currently upset at McConnell for casting doubt on the more pro-Trump candidates who are currently struggling in their Senate races. Over at the conservative site Rvivr, Jeff Crouere also writes that McConnell’s fear of low-quality Senate candidates is shameful.
McConnell is 80 years old and has spent most of the last six decades of his life in Washington D.C. as a member of the “Swamp.” He started working in Washington D.C. as a U.S. Senate intern in 1964 at the age of twenty-two. Over the next twenty years, he held political positions in both Kentucky and Washington D.C. before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984.
It is no surprise that McConnell supports moderate Republican candidates. He despised the Tea Party movement and truly hates everything associated with MAGA and Donald Trump.
McConnell is the type of Republican who is comfortable with U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) and the members of the Bush family. He is the epitome of the party’s problem.
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