{"id":1424638,"date":"2022-04-07T19:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T23:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424638"},"modified":"2022-04-07T19:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T23:45:05","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-is-asked-why-republicans-hate-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-is-asked-why-republicans-hate-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell Is Asked Why Republicans &#039;Hate&#039; Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitch-mcconnell-is-asked-why-republicans-hate-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424638&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Jonathan Swan asked Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during an Axios NewsShapers interview on Thursday why Republicans hate him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re the most powerful elected Republican in Washington, DC,\u201d Swan prefaced the question. \u201cAnd despite all the BS I hear around, there is no obvious challenge to your leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeople would like to gin it up, but there isn\u2019t,\u201d Swan said about reports of Sen. Rick Scott\u2019s (R-FL) intention to dislodge McConnell as Senate minority leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yet recent polls show your approval ratings are in the 30s among Republicans, not Democrats \u2014 Republicans,\u201d Swan continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do they hate you?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>McConnell first chuckled with some discomfort on his face. \u201cMy job is not to run up political popularity nationally,\u201d McConnell answered. \u201cI\u2019m not running for anything nationally,\u201d he said about the legislative body that holds huge national power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1s2bzr4\">\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThe two constituents that matter to me are the people at home and the people in the Senate,\u201d McConnell said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Swan followed up and noted that McConnell\u2019s approval rating is much lower than other congressional leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>McConnell responded by suggesting his approval rating is so low because he is a great leader:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanvswan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonathanvswan<\/a>: \u201cRecent polls show your approval rating is in the 30s among Republicans\u2026Why do they hate you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitch McConnell: \u201cMy job is not to run up political popularity nationally\u2026The 2 constituents that matter to me are the people at home and the people in the Senate\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bD5icSMol6\">pic.twitter.com\/bD5icSMol6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1512074835932839937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under McConnell\u2019s Senate leadership, the national debt has\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/national-debt-by-year-compared-to-gdp-and-major-events-3306287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">risen<\/a>\u00a0by nearly $20 billion, illegal immigration has continued, and real wages for American workers have not grown since the 1970s. Obamacare was enacted in 2010, big banks were bailed out in 2008, and social media companies have silenced individuals without repercussions. In October, McConnell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/06\/democrats-accept-republican-cave-debt-ceiling\/\">caved<\/a>\u00a0to Democrats\u2019 demands and raised the debt ceiling, enabling Democrats to forward President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s record has multiple Senate candidates, some of which he is actively working against, opposing his reelection to the GOP Senate leadership after the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Senate candidate and former Missouri\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/25\/mitch-mcconnell-braces-to-keep-leadership-role-after-midterms\/\">Gov.\u00a0Eric Greitens<\/a>, Alaskan Senate candidate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/13\/alaska-republican-u-s-senate-candidate-kelly-tshibaka-will-not-support-mcconnell-as-leader\/\">Kelly Tshibaka<\/a>, and\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andrewsolender\/2021\/09\/21\/gop-senate-candidate-wont-back-mcconnell-for-leader-amid-escalating-war-with-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Sen. Ron Johnson<\/a>\u00a0(R-WI) have all stated they will not support McConnell for the leadership position if Republicans retake control of the Senate following the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell has also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-looks-archive-his-career-some-republicans-seek-end-it\/\">noted<\/a>\u00a0during the interview that he is having his career documented in a biography written by the\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0and Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The book will focus on\u00a0\u201cone of the most guarded and powerful actors in the nation\u2019s capital \u2026 one of the most consequential political figures of this century,\u201d or so the report dubbed McConnell. Excerpts of the book will reportedly include \u201cextensive interviews with McConnell and access to his vast archive \u2014 his receipts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Gettr<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Swan asked Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during an Axios NewsShapers interview on Thursday why Republicans hate him. \u201cYou\u2019re the most powerful elected Republican in Washington, DC,\u201d Swan prefaced the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1424638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1424638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}