Mitch McConnell will step down as Senate Republican leader in November after record run in the job

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : "As I have been thinking about when I would deliver some news to the Senate, I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work," McConnell said.
69% : I have been thinking about when I would deliver some news to the Senate, I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work," McConnell said.
66% : "It has been my life.
66% : "It has been my life.
58% : "Trump has pulled the party hard to the ideological right, questioning longtime military alliances such as NATO, international trade agreements and pushing for a severe crackdown on immigration, all the while clinging to the falsehood that the election was stolen from him in 2020.McConnell and Trump had worked together in Trump's first term, remaking the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in a far more conservative image, and on tax legislation.
55% : Other members of the Republican Senate leadership have endorsed Trump.
55% : Other members of the Republican Senate leadership have endorsed Trump.
54% : "McConnell endorsed Reagan's view of America's role in the world and the senator has persisted in face of opposition, including from Trump, that Congress should include a foreign assistance package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine."I
51% : "McConnell endorsed Reagan's view of America's role in the world and the senator has persisted in face of opposition, including from Trump, that Congress should include a foreign assistance package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine.
45% : Rather than fade from prominence after the Capitol riot, Trump continued to assert his control over the party, and finds himself on a clear glidepath to the Republican nomination.
45% : Rather than fade from prominence after the Capitol riot, Trump continued to assert his control over the party, and finds himself on a clear glidepath to the Republican nomination.
42% : senator had been under increasing pressure from the restive, and at times hostile wing of his party that has aligned firmly with Trump.
39% : "The senator had been under increasing pressure from the restive, and at times hostile wing of his party that has aligned firmly with Trump.
33% : "Trump has pulled the party hard to the ideological right, questioning longtime military alliances such as NATO, international trade agreements and pushing for a severe crackdown on immigration, all the while clinging to the falsehood that the election was stolen from him in 2020.
31% : Their relationship has essentially been over since Trump refused to accept the results of the Electoral College.
31% : Their relationship has essentially been over since Trump refused to accept the results of the Electoral College.
30% : But there was also friction from the start, with Trump frequently sniping at the senator.
30% : But there was also friction from the start, with Trump frequently sniping at the senator.
29% : McConnell assigned blame and responsibility to Trump and said that he should be held to account through the criminal justice system for his actions.
29% : McConnell assigned blame and responsibility to Trump and said that he should be held to account through the criminal justice system for his actions.
24% : McConnell and Trump had worked together in Trump's first term, remaking the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary in a far more conservative image, and on tax legislation.
20% : McConnell's critics insist he could have done more, including voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial.
20% : McConnell's critics insist he could have done more, including voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial.
19% : McConnell did not, arguing that since Trump was no longer in office, he could not be subject to impeachment.
19% : McConnell did not, arguing that since Trump was no longer in office, he could not be subject to impeachment.

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