The republicans are turning on McConnell

[Trenzalore]

Peering over to Fox News to see how they were reacting to Lake's loss; McConnell appears to be the scapegoat for underperforming. McCarthy looks to be in decent shape on the hate machine, but McConnell appears to be on the outs.

At 80 it looks like they might be putting that horse out to pasture in a humiliating way after years of being the absolute worst. Couldn't be happier to see him go out that way if it is the case.

[Walleye]

1. If they don't elect him leader I think he will retire from the Senate

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Karma is indeed a *itch.

But then, he will not go down quietly after having power for as long as he has had.

[usonian]

3. They turned on him when he declared the election free of fraud. n/t

[RockRaven]

4. Scott is the other obvious choice. Turtle must be very weak to lose to Batboy in the blame game.

Maybe the 'pukes should dump them both just to be sure.

[rubbersole]

5. Scott would be perfect for the repubs.

Biggest thief in the senate. Corrupt as they come. Looks like a child molester on TV. Or Ted "ugly wife" Cruz. Either could lead the treason party into oblivion.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Scott is grinning on the way to the bank while everybody looks at Moscow Mitch.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. You do know that Scott is who FG is picking right?

[iemanja]

6. Good.

I hope they oust him. He's too effective.

[PortTack]

8. Actually, if they do oust him his successor will probably be a lot worse

Turtle hates the orange mass and threw a few wrenches in the works there
And, turtle at least very strongly supports the war effort in Ukraine

[BigmanPigman]

24. I heard that same thing today

on MSNBC. Ted Cruz is pissed off and wants someone worse than Mitch in there, some one who is 100% Tea Party crazy.

[Volaris]

35. That's a good thing for our side of the isle..here me out:

As obnoxious as mitch has been, he at least understands how to lead and wield power. Whatever nutcase gets to replace him, won't have the practical experience to lead that senate caucus out of a paper bag, and certainly won't be able to hold them all together on hard votes the way McConnell has.

This might seem like a great idea for them today, but 6 months from now they'll be saying 'oh, fuck...wait, what would Mitch do if he were here?'

[BigmanPigman]

42. I agree 100%

[PortTack]

43. Except all those f..k wads don't want to support the war in Ukraine. If Ukraine were to fall it

Would be a very dark day for the free world

[Volaris]

45. I don't think that will happen...there's ways to move money around for a year or so.

[H2O Man]

25. +1

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. True. Still remember McConnells speech against trump

It was so surreal to have a GOPer hate on him.

[Cha]

9. Some are turning on Rick Scott, too..

with his talk of wanting to "Repeal Social Security".. they've told him to shut up and let the adults take this.

He's the head of the NRSC.. or whatevere!

[emulatorloo]

14. Plus theyseem to have finally realized it was dumb to put a Medicare fraudster in charge of managing

campaign money.

[Cha]

20. SMH.. nobody could make up this shite

and they're blaming dT for sitting on $94 MILLION instead of Giving it to his endorsed candidates.. apparently saving it for his next pres run.

[YoshidaYui]

10. Republicans eat their own

Turtle soup on the Republican menu!

[emulatorloo]

11. Hate to break it to Fox, but McCarthy isn't in decent shape. Surrounded by unmanageable kooks

and the knives are out for him. He’s got several challengers coming after him.

[childfreebychoice]

19. I pick Elise, or Jordan, both are tv hogs, give

More incentive to vote in 24

[moniss]

23. He should remember

the lesson of Paul Ryan. He got more knives stuck in him by his own members than by the Democrats. That whole MAGAT/GQP crowd is still yearning for someone to follow, like they had before in the Orange Ruski, who can be in power and threaten to burn the whole place down all while giving them a pass on ignorance and a pat on the back for racism and misogyny.

[live love laugh]

12. DUHlicious!

[Xolodno]

13. Mitch was pulling to get a long term conservative court....

...when they actually repealed Roe, it was probably the last thing they wanted. It was a wedge issue they could use, now they can't and when you have some law makers actually talking about banning abortion nation wide to over-ride places like California, you are going to get a backlash.

[Mopar151]

15. Who was pulling Moscow's strings?

His wife? I don't know if she's mean enough. Maybe it was Oleg Derishkaspa (?), the Rusal tycoon?

[NYC Democrat]

16. The Irony of this is as much as I hate him Mitch was actually warning them

about things like candidate quality and how that can bring down a candidate even in a favorable year, and as such was always a lot more iffy on the idea of stuff like the GOP winning the Senate. McCarthy, Rick Scott etc were the ones who were just like "WHO CARES, DOESN'T MATTER PLOW AHEAD!" with Rick Scott going on about 55-56 seats and freaking Blumenthal in Conn being vulnerable because he was just THAT high on his own supply.

[childfreebychoice]

18. As much as I hate him too, he is very effective. Whomever

They replace him with, will be a cat herder. Wish Schumer would be replaced, too. Hope Nancy has groomed a replacement, would love porter, in that spot

[SoCalDavidS]

22. Katie Porter May Not Even Be In The House 7 Weeks From Now

I can't see someone in such a now vulnerable District, ever being given that level of power. Pelosi is in a secure Democratic District.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Thought KP won in OC? And thought Pelosi had already

started grooming her successor? In fact thought she wasn't even gonna run in 2022. Man, am I behind.

[Volaris]

38. Agree with this. My personal prayer is that Nancy has spent her time

Quietly teaching AOC how to count heads and manage committee members and the like...

[Dorian Gray]

33. Oh yeah

totally. He's the smart and effective one. Nobody listened.

He is also the one who could have taken a stand and rid the party of trumpism multiple times. So, I'm not sad for his ass.

[cstanleytech]

17. McConnell is a mean spirited cruel bastard and if there is an afterlife I hope he is held

accountable.

[moniss]

21. Over on our side of things

we need to get some people younger than 75 into some of these leadership positions like the Whip. I think we have good prospects for future elections coming along from the ranks of governors, etc. I think the party would do well to focus on folks like the age of Pete B and realize that some of the younger crowd are very well received by voters as they demonstrate competence not only in handling their job but also in handling being in media interviews. This is not a knock on Nancy, Steny, Joe or Chuck but we must keep the enthusiasm going from the young and new voters. Let's show them we hear them and will act to give them positions to help run this country. We can look at more agency leadership positions for them as well as Executive Branch posts. We need to keep widening our margins and we can do that by embracing even more those voters in early and middle adulthood by showing them we don't just want their votes but we want them as people to be in government at all levels and in party leadership positions.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Very unpopular view here , but agree 100%

[Irish_Dem]

34. I agree.

Pete B is a good example of a rising star and needs to have a more prominent profile for the reasons you cite.

[Deminpenn]

30. Good because McConnell is the

most effective leader the Rs have by far and away.

[Celerity]

31. Correct.

[Dorian Gray]

32. Dude

could have finished trump multiple times....

He deserves what he gets now.

(Though I think McCarthy is in danger too.)

[Kaleva]

36. I see Freepers turning on Trump

Trump loyalists are trying to put the blame on others like McConnell.

[yellowcanine]

37. I am holding out for Cancun Ted for minority leader.

[Johnny2X2X]

39. McConnell is in no danger of losing his post as minority leader

McCarthy is probably safe as the House leader too.

Just noise.

[kentuck]

40. If the choice is between McConnell and Trump...?

They will choose to turn on McConnell.

[Amishman]

41. The hard right is turning on the rest

they desperately want this to be an excuse to pull the party further right.

This seems to be the standard behavior of the fringes after a surprise underperformance. I would not be surprised if foreign agitators are stirring this up as well, as its a subtle yet effective way to weaken us internally. I find myself becoming deeply suspicious of the motives of those who are adamantly at odds with the political center and any form of compromise.

[AntiFascist]

44. FYI Trump has also been known to turn on McConnell...

and we all know what Josh Hawley stands for: