{"id":1833045,"date":"2023-02-02T13:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833045"},"modified":"2023-02-02T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:52:44","slug":"mcconnell-boots-two-senators-off-top-committee-after-they-tried-to-oust-him-as-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-boots-two-senators-off-top-committee-after-they-tried-to-oust-him-as-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Boots Two Senators Off Top Committee After They Tried To Oust Him As Leader"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmcconnell-boots-two-senators-off-top-committee-after-they-tried-to-oust-him-as-leader%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=1833045&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-->\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mitch-mcconnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> Sens were removed by (R-KY). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/rick-scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rick Scott<\/a> (R-FL). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Lee<\/a> (R-UT), from the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday, after the two lawmakers tried to oust a veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a> leader.<\/p>\n<p>Scott claimed during an <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/3840167-mcconnell-pulls-rival-rick-scott-off-powerful-commerce-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview<\/a> McConnell with The Hill \u201ckicked\u201d He was kicked off the Commerce Committee which has jurisdiction over science and transportation as well as technology and many other interstate commerce issues. Scott was reportedly informed of the decision via text message. \u201cfurious,\u201d According to one source, the outlet also reported that conservatives agreed that the failure of the leadership bid was a key factor in the removal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what happens when you challenge leadership,\u201d He made the statement to The Daily Wire. \u201cIt was McConnell\u2019s decision to remove someone who has actually run businesses and ran the third largest state from a committee I\u2019ve served on for four years. You\u2019ll have to ask him why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Lee\u2019s communications director, Lee Lonsberry, told The Daily Wire that the lawmaker \u201cwould have liked to stay on as a member of the Commerce Committee, but this change won\u2019t affect the good work he does for the people of Utah and the nation.\u201d McConnell was also contacted by The Daily Wire. Any response will be added to this article.<\/p>\n<p>Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rick-scott-announces-bid-to-oust-mcconnell-as-senate-gop-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> McConnell&#8217;s opposition campaign after the midterm election, when Republicans expected to win a solid majority in Congress and perhaps the majority in Senate. Instead, Democrats gained just one seat in the upper chamber after Republicans won a slim majority in the House.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23307461-rick-scott-senate-leader-letter?responsive=1&#038;title=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter<\/a> Scott replied to his colleagues in a message sent days after the midterms. He said that he was \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d He was shocked by the results and said that Republican voters did not see any concrete plans for government from their party leaders. He also mentioned concerns like omnibus bills and excessive federal spending as well as compromise deals that most Republicans are comfortable with. \u201cdisagree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that I won\u2019t gain the support of every member of our Conference, but we all have a clear choice to make. If you simply want to stick with the status quo, don\u2019t vote for me,\u201d He wrote. \u201cI ask for your support in changing the direction of the Senate and rescuing America from the dangerous path Democrats have set it on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heatherscope\/status\/1592629761205235712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> In response to the challenge, he claimed that he had all the votes necessary to prevail and that he could predict that he would win. \u201cI don\u2019t own this job. Anybody in the conference is certainly entitled to challenge me,\u201d He concluded. \u201cAnd I welcome the contest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ten senators (including Lee) voted for Scott. 37 voted McConnell. \u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere,\u201d McConnell claimed that McConnell made the statement after the vote. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/florida-mitch-mcconnell-congress-9f1be1d3635127dbb3e17a3fae1ac86d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> According to the Associated Press, he was \u201cpretty proud\u201d You can be proud of the result.<\/p>\n<p>Following a heated leadership battle among their House counterparts, the Senate Republicans voted. Numerous members participated in the vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/seven-house-republicans-list-demands-for-next-speaker-as-mccarthy-battles-for-every-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demanded<\/a> Next Speaker of the House, should guarantee greater representation of conservative-leaning Members on important Committees, pledge not to limit expenditures and prioritize holding \u201cweaponized\u201d government agencies accountable. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R. CA), eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-kevin-mccarthy-elected-next-speaker-of-the-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Received<\/a> There were enough Republican votes for the control of this gavel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) removed Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) from the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday after the two lawmakers attempted to oust the veteran Republican leader. Scott claimed during an interview with The Hill that McConnell \u201ckicked\u201d him off the Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over science, transportation, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1833048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[10860,4384,3939,5194,5514,3709],"class_list":["post-1833045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-boots","tag-committee","tag-leader","tag-mcconnell","tag-oust","tag-senators"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833045","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\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1833045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1833048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1833045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1833045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1833045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}