Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell’s moral mishap: Protecting Trump despite disdain – opinion

From 2016 to today, McConnell’s Senate leadership navigated Trump’s rise and moral failings.

|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) holds a news conference following a weekly policy lunch for Senate Republicans at the US Capitol last month.
U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during an event to tout the new Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio near the bridge in Covington, Kentucky, U.S., January 4, 2023.

Republicans question Biden's 'ironclad' commitment to Israel over shipment halt

The Republican leaders noted that while the assistance funded by the supplemental appropriations bill will not be impacted, security assistance to Israel is an urgent priority with no delay.

|ByHANNAH SARISOHN
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, stands for a photo at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, November 9, 2020.

Mitch McConnell to step down as US Senate Republican leader in November

McConnell, 82, represents the state of Kentucky and is the longest-serving Senate leader in history.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stands behind the rostrum as fellow Democratic senators speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2023.

US House Republicans' Israel-only aid bill faces opposition in Senate

Democrats said the Republican bill would be dead on arrival in the Senate, even if it passed the House.

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McConnell will go from Trump's 'yes man' to Biden's 'no man' – opinion

Sen. Mitch McConnell proudly calls himself the “Grim Reaper” because his desk is where Democratic legislation goes to die.

NOVEMBER 11, 2020ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
US SENATE Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks after the Senate GOP leadership election on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

Was McConnell calling Schumer 'somebody from NY' antisemitic?

Or did he just find a way to describe his rival’s liberal political views in a way that happened to raise eyebrows?

OCTOBER 14, 2020ByBEN SALES/JTA
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump celebrates with Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Congressional Republicans after the US Congress passed sweeping tax overhaul legislation in December.

If Biden wins, he'll have to get around Senator Mitch McConnell

Defeating McConnell has been the Democrats’ second-highest priority.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
US President Donald Trump listens to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speak about legislation for additional coronavirus aid in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, July 20, 2020