Well… Breaking News. But. I don’t think anyone expected him to run again. His speech on the Senate might be interesting. Some big pokes at Trump and his sycophants?
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-senate-retirement-34c79ef12bf62d14cb71d3c393f23a83
@GaryRLundberg Power broker? Power breaker, more likely. For years his only function was to corrupt any power he could.
Yep! He paved the way, and rolled out the red carpet, for King Donald the Cruel Orange Demon. We should actually blame him for tipping America into this neo-fascist-cult-mob-kingdom of abuse.
@GaryRLundberg In baseball one pitch, one fly ball can change a game. With #McConnell to me refusing to allow #Garland's nomination to #SCOTUS was one of those things. A game changer. Still can't see how that was constitutional.
@SonofaGeorge no, that's not how the Senate works, despite what so many politicians would have you believe.
ANY senator can move to consider such a nomination, and if the Senate wants to do it then it doesn't matter on iota what McConnell thought. He would be overruled and the nomination would proceed.
The story wasn't constitutional... and it didn't happen. It couldn't have happened under the rules of the Senate.
Garland simply didn't have support of the senators, but they were all happy to let McConnell be the fall guy instead of having to go on the record about it.
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