The Federalist By: M.D. Kittle
‘He may be giving up the leadership position but I think he wants to maintain control,’ Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis, said of McConnell.
A little over a week after a red wave election rolled Republicans back in control of the Senate, an internal election awaits Wednesday morning to determine who will lead the newly minted majority.
The rapid-fire leadership election, churning up infighting just days after big electoral victories, is the work of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the center of power in the Senate Republican Conference for nearly 20 years.
‘Outrageous Violation’
McConnell announced in February he would step down as Republican leader at the end of the year, closing out his time as the long-serving party leader in the history of the Senate. The 82-year-old Kentucky Republican, who served as majority leader from 2015 to 2021, exits the leadership post with one more power grab, one of his sharpest critics says.
“He may be giving up the leadership position but I think he wants to maintain control,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Tuesday afternoon on the “Vicki McKenna Show” in Milwaukee and Madison.
McConnell’s departure and the shift in Senate control has sparked a three-way battle for Senate majority leader. In the running are Sen. Rick Scott of Florida and McConnell acolytes, Sens. John Thune of South Dakota and John Cornyn of Texas — the latter two establishment Republicans and consummate yes men to their mentor McConnell. Thune, Senate Republican whip, appears to hold the edge in the election, but he’s had a rocky relationship with Trump over the years — just like boss McConnell whose loathing of the president-elect is well known. Thune has urged Trump to stay out of the Senate’s leadership contest…
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