Shell Shock!

Mitch McConnell is out as Republican Senate Leader.

There is hints that he may not last throughout his term as Senator to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Right now, the word on the street is that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is no longer leading the senate minority after the 2024 elections.

The infamous porker who said his biggest joy was denying former president Barack Obama his third Supreme Court nomination. Before that he was hoping Obama would be a one term president.

Former president Donald J. Trump who built a legacy on ramming through three Supreme Court nominees with on being in an election year was once close to McConnell.

McConnell denied Obama in an election year his third pick but wasted no time running through Trump's third pick. Now Trump has soured on him. So I guess this is the Trump takeover of the Republican Party. 

McConnell was quietly working against MAGA. Trump was dogging on McConnell and his wife, former Trump Transportation Secretary Elanie Chao. McConnell’s legacy was his subservience to Trump, who has hurled racist attacks against Chao, his wife. Although he called Trump morally responsible for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, McConnell shielded the ex-president from being convicted in his second Senate impeachment trial, which would have barred Trump from being able to run for office again. McConnell was hoping that Congress would impeach Trump for Jan. 6. He knew if he got on board with it, his political career was over. He and Kevin McCarthy were facing backlash from within the Republican Party. There are now reports that he may consider endorsing Trump’s 2024 presidential run.

He said McConnell and the establishment are willing to give Democrats victories and are ignoring how MAGA is a movement to stop it.

I mean McConnell was calling out the candidates who lost easy elections. Mind you, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Nevada were races the Republicans could have easily picked up. But as McConnell put it, it was about "quality" not the quantity.

McConnell freezing in pressers and his falls showed some concern among Republicans and even President Joe Biden.

McConnell was underscoring the tectonic shift in the Republican Party in recent years away from Ronald Reagan toward the tone and vision of former President Donald Trump.

Speaking from the Senate floor on Wednesday, McConnell grew emotional and reflected on his age and the direction of his party under Donald Trump, the likely 2024 GOP presidential nominee. The Kentucky senator’s influence in his conference has waned in recent years and he has had several health scares that slowed him considerably.

McConnell was first elected to the upper chamber in 1984 during Reagan’s administration. He quickly moved up the ranks and became party leader in 2007 after Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist stepped down from the post, earning a reputation as a ruthless Machiavellian tactician. Last year, he fulfilled a longtime goal by becoming the longest-serving Senate leader in history.