It’s hard to imagine Republicans denying Donald Trump anything he demanded, but ousting Mitch McConnell as GOP leader won’t be easy
Might McConnell make the long walk into retirement? Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images There are three things we know about Republican politics right now. First, it is very much Donald Trump’s party. Second, Trump is very willing to impose divisive litmus test demands on 2022 candidates looking for his endorsement, even if it would be a lot easier to let Republicans run against Joe Biden and stay unified.
But a couple of things changed this year in the bad romance of Donald and Mitch. For one thing, Trump doesn’t really need him any more. And for another, McConnell cast himself in the outer darkness for good by rejecting Trump’s bogus election fraud claims and then attacking Trump’s role in the Capitol Riot.
The barrage of attacks on McConnell have been amplified by Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, who have also gone after the GOP leader on air this fall. Carlson, during a segment last week, announced that his show would begin regularly highlighting problems with McConnell, whom he described as “an instrument of the left.”
A remark last weekend from a senator not up for reelection may have in fact been the most dangerous utterance so far for McConnell’s tenure as leader. On Fox News Sunday, Lindsey Graham took a few shots at Mitch for flip-flopping on his earlier hard-line statements on the debt limit. But then he made this interesting not-so-veiled threat:
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