The Kentucky Republican US Senator seems to be STILL NOT cutting President Donald Trump any slack….
Seems likle he don’t give a shit actually…
He Never really liked ole Donald….
Mitch McConnell’s Unburdened Era has begun.
The Kentucky Republican, who stepped down from his role as longest-servingparty leader in history this month, has been signaling that he would be neither a party hack nor a yes-man for President Donald Trump’s agenda. And on Friday night, that signal became a siren through his vote against Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vice President J.D. Vance to make history by casting just the second Cabinet nominee’s tie-breaker. (The other, of course, was Mike Pence to get Betsy DeVos across the line as Education Secretary.)
A single Republican Senator voting against a Trump nominee who still got confirmed may not seem like such a big deal. But McConnell is not just any Senator, and he does not usually find himself on the losing side of a vote without eyes on a longer game. His recent return to rank-and-file standing has awarded him freedoms he did not enjoy for 16 years atop the Republican hierarchy. He told colleagues he is finally “liberated.” Put simply: for the first time since 2007, McConnell is ready to just represent his constituents back home in Kentucky as he sees fit.
Yet even in his diminished role, McConnell still has influence in his caucus. So while Hegseth made it through, McConnell’s vote communicated to the White House to take his warnings seriously, and to fellow GOP lawmakers that fealty to Trump does not need to be absolute. …
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He didn’t stop Hegseth’s confirmation, but maybe that wasn’t the point. His early vote against a Cabinet pick may give others permission to get more gutsy the further from Inauguration Day they get. Or maybe they are now just realizing what McConnell has privately known all along: the President’s whims are far from inevitable…..
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