Ailing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell Tweeted Thursday that he will be returning to the Senate following reports that he was planning to retire.
McConnell, 81, has been out of the public eye since a serious fall hospitalized him in March, and several prominent Republicans have been making noises about holding leadership vote to replace him, according to the Spectator.
Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming, John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota have reportedly been reaching out to conservative senators to prepare the anticipated vote after McConnell announces his retirement.
According to one source, “Cornyn has been particularly active in his preparations, taking fellow senators with whom he has little in common to lunch in attempts to court them,” the Spectator reported. Requests are being targeted at a plethora of conservative senators, including the sixteen who voted to delay the leadership election earlier this year, a proxy for […]
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