GOP Rep.: Maybe McConnell Should Step Down From Leadership Role
Source: Talking Points Memo
By NICOLE LAFOND Published JULY 28, 2017 9:39 AM
After Republican senators failed to pass a skinny Obamacare repeal bill early Friday morning, one GOP congressman is calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to step down.
During an interview with CNN on Friday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) said the news that three Republicans Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Lisa Murkowski (R- AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) tanked a bill that only needed a simple majority to pass was an abject failure of the United States Senate and questioned whether top leadership needed a shakeup.
It was a failure from the newest member Luther Strange (R-AL) at the bottom to the very top with Mitch McConnell as majority leader, he said, urging senators to stay in D.C. until the job gets done.
Now is not the time to leave the American people in a lurch. Now is not the time to leave American health care at risk, he said. I hope they wont quit. If theyre going to quit, by golly, maybe they ought to start at the top with Mitch McConnell leaving his position and letting somebody new, somebody bold, somebody conservative take the reins so they can come up with a plan that can get through the United States Senate.
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Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)mpcamb
(2,875 posts)Actually the best part of all this is the R's who stood up and moved across the aisle.
They did it in the face of very direct threats to their state's funding.
Might soon be time for some Jackson Browne lyrics:
"When the walls have begun to crumble
When the laws have begun to burn
When the wind is singing freedom
When the stone begins to turn"
Mr. Evil
(2,853 posts)rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)not inclusive?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)HAB911
(8,911 posts)Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)lol
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)Not some damn LIBRUL like McConnell!
What a bunch of shit for brains.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)Wonder if she'll do the same crap about Mcconnell? If she does i hope someone posts it because I won't watch Fux Nooze.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)eventually going to a single payer system would help employers and workers alike.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)I still wonder if Judge Jeanine will call for Mitch mcconnell's ouster.
IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)it would probably pass, they could declare victory, and move on to infrastructure or tax reform or defeat ISIS or something useful.
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Eugene
(61,938 posts)This will go down really, really well in the Senate. /sarc
Phoenix61
(17,015 posts)Should keep them busy for weeks and think about all the back stabbing! The more they trash talk each other the better the dem candidates running against them will look.
Texin
(2,597 posts)Could be peak TV for C-Span.
Javaman
(62,532 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Let's hope it infects the entire GOP.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)what the fuck does it matter who they might choose??? We deserve a Senate leader on par with our pResident! I'd be curious to see just how long a Christian nut-job leader would last by trying to run this country to the letter of the Bible. Hell - we might could instigate the Rapture and get some relief. We sincere and sane sorts would be whisked away - while the CONservatives, the dictators and the bible thumpers could kill themselves with back-stabbing, mass killing (wars) and liberating every molecule of carbon that can be dug up!
Halleluja!
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)What does leadership have to
do with a persons preference
on an issue? They are adults,
and should have an opinion
all by themselves, without a
bunch of retarded old men
trying to bribe them..
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)The Republicans could roll any of their Senators in to the "leadership" position and try and kill off Social Security but who would be sucessful?? NONE of them. It doesn't come down to leadership all the time,it comes down to throwing out bills and laws that HELP everyday people instead of the RICH.
mentalsolstice
(4,461 posts)They're running for Sessions' former senate seat. Mo was also present when Scalise was shot, and is using it in an TV ad for pro-gun rights. Scalise's staff is upset about it.
Texin
(2,597 posts)This thing is going to have more iterations than The Walking Dead before it's done or we are.
which is why we need to let America know each every screw they try and turn to undo the ACA.
Grins
(7,227 posts)This is just Mo "People who lead good lives should pay less than those with pre-existing conditions" Brooks delivering meth-encrusted red meat to the Talabamian rubes back home, and using CNN as the vehicle. They should have never let him on.
Strange is a real bastard, but is Brooks any better? Don't think so.
* Odds for the seat are leaning toward Roy "Ten Commandments" Moore.
turbinetree
(24,713 posts)INdemo
(6,994 posts)in 2014 between him and Alison Grimes was stolen.
Grimes lead in the pole throughout the election process.
The numbers just did not add up. so could it be there was Russian hacking even then? I think there could have been
There has never been any r reports (Corporate news) about the influx of 2.5 million to a McConnell PAC by Russian oligarchs..never.
VaBchTgerLily
(231 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)good people of KY - from here until elections..
Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)Mo Fo Off!
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)John Boner is laughing his ass off.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)They might actually get someone who's evil AND competent. We can't have that.
Plus, turtles are cute! They're especially precious when you feed them a little piece of peach and watch them chew it with their little turtle mouths. It's just darling!
niyad
(113,527 posts)tavernier
(12,396 posts)I think Brownie's doing a heck of a job!