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What began as a sleepy federal holiday in the nation’s capital had by midday Friday erupted into a full-blown revolt against the Republican congressional leadership.
While nobody knew exactly when such an uprising would begin, it was nearly inevitable following the GOP underperforming expectations on Election Day Tuesday. The ensuing blame game eventually targeted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
At midday Friday, Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, empowered by a decisive reelection victory in the state where the GOP had its best midterm performance, posted an unexpected tweet in which he called for next week’s leadership votes, customary after elections, to be postponed over what he appeared to consider a crisis of conscience.
“First we need to make sure that those who want to lead us are genuinely committed to fighting for the priorities & values of the working Americans (of every background) who gave us big wins in states like Florida,” he tweeted.
The tweet was almost immediately backed by Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, who’s considered more outspoken about McConnell, the longest-serving Senate Republican leader in history, and his leadership team.
“Exactly right,” Hawley tweeted, citing the still-undecided Georgia Senate race between Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, now headed for a runoff election on Dec. 6.
“I don’t know why Senate GOP would hold a leadership vote for the next Congress before this election is finished,” Hawley wrote. “We have a runoff in #GASenate _ are they saying that doesn’t matter? Don’t disenfranchise @HerschelWalker.”
Who controls the Senate is now down to three Senate races — in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.Models project the GOP will win the House majority, with most showing as of Friday night the party having 211 seats and needing 218.Signs of problems for McCarthy began to show even before Tuesday’s balloting, […]
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