{"id":1588919,"date":"2022-08-04T11:40:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1588919"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:41:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:41:00","slug":"fact-check-did-mitch-mcconnell-say-he-would-resign-if-he-wasnt-senate-majority-leader-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-mitch-mcconnell-say-he-would-resign-if-he-wasnt-senate-majority-leader-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Mitch McConnell Say He Would Resign If He Wasn\u2019t Senate Majority Leader In November?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Ffact-check-did-mitch-mcconnell-say-he-would-resign-if-he-wasnt-senate-majority-leader-in-november%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=1588919&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-by-Drew-AngererGetty-Images-12212-e1656608886585.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=5484300908296795&#038;set=a.269111129815825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid%3D5484300908296795%26set%3Da.269111129815825&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1659545074762000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3WV2XF8FNkv-UIFkEQRl35\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would resign if he did not become Senate majority leader in November.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence to suggest McConnell made any such announcement. A spokesperson for the senator denied the claim.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Republicans are expected to win back control of the House of Representatives in the upcoming Nov. 8 midterm elections, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2022\/07\/are-democrats-turning-around-their-dire-midterm-prospects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Magazine<\/a>. Democrats are likely to retain a slim majority in the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/2022-election-forecast\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FiveThirtyEight<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook shows a screenshot of a tweet claiming McConnell said he would resign if he did not become the Senate majority leader following the elections. \u201cMitch McConnell said he would resign if he doesn\u2019t become the Senate Majority Leader in November, reads part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashDobrofsky\/status\/1553867107506343936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>, adding that \u201cDemocrats should run this message in every state.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mitch McConnell said he would resign if he doesn\u2019t become the Senate Majority Leader in November. I think Democrats should run this message in every state. Voters despise Moscow Mitch all across the country. If you want to end McConnell\u2019s political career, vote for the Democrats!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashDobrofsky\/status\/1553867107506343936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McConnell would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/reference\/reference_index_subjects\/Leadership_vrd.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eligible<\/a> to once again become majority leader if the Republicans won control of the Senate in the coming midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no evidence that McConnell said he would resign if he does not win the position. Check Your Fact reviewed McConnell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcconnell.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/pressreleases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McConnellPress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mcconnellpress\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leadermcconnell\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a> and found no evidence of such a statement. A search of his deleted tweets on <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/politwoops\/user\/McConnellPress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politwoops<\/a>, a website that archives the deleted tweets of politicians, also did not yield any results for such a comment.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Popp, a spokesperson for McConnell, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2022\/07\/11\/fact-check-mcconnell-plans-lead-senate-republicans-after-midterms\/7821794001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Today<\/a> in July that McConnell did not make such a statement. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/29\/fact-check-us-government-spend-zero-dollars-homeless-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: FACT CHECK: Does The US Government Spend Zero Dollars On Homeless Veterans?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time false claims of a politician resigning have circulated on social media. Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/08\/27\/fact-check-nancy-pelosi-resign-donald-trump-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim in August 2020 that alleged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would resign if President Donald Trump was elected for a second term in that year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook claims Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would resign if he did not become Senate majority leader in November.Verdict: FalseThere is no evidence to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"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-1588919","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\/1588919","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588919\/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=1588919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1588919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1588919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}