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McConnell Announces Senate Retirement After Four-Decade Career

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McConnell Announces Senate Retirement After Four-Decade Career
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FEB 21
Above: US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks to the press following the Senate weekly luncheons on Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Image copyright: Kevin Dietsch/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
story last updated FEB 21

The Spin

Conservative narrative

McConnell was the last of his generation — a conservative stalwart and masterful power broker, he reshaped the Senate and the country at large while vociferously defending the institution from attacks on the left and right. The Senate will miss the principled voice of a man who stood up against the worst excesses of Trumpism while never compromising on his Republican values.

National Review

Democratic narrative

McConnell's duplicitous maneuvers undermined democratic norms and ensnarled the Senate in political gridlock. His use and abuse of the filibuster, hypocritical ramming through of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination, and enabling of Trump will leave him remembered as a partisan, not an elder statesman. The current dysfunctional state of Washington will be his legacy.

MSNBC

Pro-Trump narrative

Despite Pres. Trump's historic mandate, Mitch McConnell revealed his true colors as a Republican in Name Only (RINO) who refused to back the president's sweeping agenda of reform, such as voting against his cabinet picks. McConnell was a prime example of the sort of Washington insider Trump made his career opposing, and it's high time he finally be replaced.

The Courier

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