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GOP senators call for McConnell to step down, declare border bill 'unadulterated bulls---'A group of Senate Republicans is growing weary of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's leadership and called for him to step down as they aired their grievances over what they called a "dead" bipartisan border bill slated for the first floor procedural vote on Wednesday.
Sens. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told reporters Tuesday afternoon in a press conference that McConnell, R-Ky, should have "walked away" from the border agreement, which they argue expands President Biden's power and does not fully close the border.
"We're not committing ourselves to voting for this thing just because we entered the negotiation, and you hear this from some of our leadership – and hopefully they will stop – the idea that we committed to supporting whatever came out of this negotiation is pure, unadulterated bulls---," Vance, one of Congress' loudest critics against Ukraine assistance, said.
He added, "We supported a negotiation to bring commonsense border security to this country. We did not agree to a border fig leaf to send another $61 billion to Ukraine."
Cruz, a staunch critic of McConnell since 2013, said the long-standing leader offered no response when he asked him, "Is there anything we are willing to fight on?" regarding the closed-door border negotiations that began in December, which Republicans are now determined to tarnish.
"Everyone here also supported a leadership challenge to Mitch McConnell in November," Cruz said. "I think a Republican leader should actually lead this conference and should advance the priorities of Republicans.".....................
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-mcconnell-step-down-border-bill-unadulterated-bull
