Mitch McConnell announes he will not run for re-election
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announced that he will not seek reelection in 2026 after 40 years in Congress.
McConnell, 83, is the longest-serving party leader in Senate history But resigned from Republican leader While facing health problems.
Although McConnell faced retirement at the end of his term, despite supporting most of Donald Trump’s agenda during his first administration, he is a critic of the president’s critics. criticize.
“I have some unfinished business,” he said in a speech in the Senate, announcing that “the current term in the Senate will be my last.”
McConnell in his speech encouraged his senator to use constitutional powers as Trump attempts to significantly expand the presidency.
McConnell’s appointment against Trump is at most among Senate Republicans opposing Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense Tulsi Gabbard as Director of the National Intelligence Agency , while Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy JR opposes Trump’s appointment.
He stressed that Congress is a common branch of the presidential administration and that federal officials who recognize that “what matters most to the rule of law is true dedication to the rule of law” is a fundraising responsibility.
“We have never lost the power to make recommendations and agree,” McConnell said, who thwarted many Democratic presidents agendas in the legislative branch.
At the end of the speech, the senators and staff expressed appreciation and applauded him.
Kentucky politicians are known for their sly tactics and permanent stimulation in the Democratic Party. Even if his party belongs to a minority, McConnell uses arcane procedures and blunt political forces to achieve sometimes earthquake results.
In one of his most amazing drills, he served as the U.S. Supreme Court nomination for President Barack Obama at the end of his second term.
The lockdown allowed the upcoming Trump to appoint a conservative judge, paving the way for a complete turnaround in the nation’s Supreme Court. This, in turn, led to the overthrow of the state’s right to abortion and broadly expanded presidential immunity and power.
McConnell also oversees Trump’s reconstruction of the federal judiciary, helping the president appoint a new conservative judge.
However, McConnell greatly cooled down the former president after the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and McConnell and other lawmakers were drowned in violent mobs.
“There is no doubt that President Trump is actually and morally responsible for inspiring the events of the day,” McConnell said in a speech after the attack.
However, he did not vote on the impropriety charges arising from the riots.
McConnell took a hawkish stance against Ukraine during the Biden administration, and even when Trump and his Maga Base called for an unfunctionalist response, it became our support for A vocal advocate.
Although he has been severely criticized for bending and changing many of the Senate norms to push his conservative agenda, long-time Republicans have stressed the importance of respecting the legislature.
“I assure my colleagues that I will use Senate endurance – endurance – as an institution,” McConnell said.
