{"id":1985234,"date":"2023-07-28T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-weighs-three-gop-senators-who-could-succeed-mcconnell-one-seems-to-scare-them\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:31:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:31:42","slug":"biden-admin-weighs-three-gop-senators-who-could-succeed-mcconnell-one-seems-to-scare-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-weighs-three-gop-senators-who-could-succeed-mcconnell-one-seems-to-scare-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin considers three GOP Senators to replace McConnell, one causing concern."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-weighs-three-gop-senators-who-could-succeed-mcconnell-one-seems-to-scare-them%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=1985234&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--><h2>The Biden Administration&#8217;s Concerns Over McConnell&#8217;s Health<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration may have inadvertently signaled this week whom they fear the most \u200bof \u2062the Republican \u2062senators likely to replace\u2062 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should\u2063 the senator need to\u200d step \u2064down due to health issues.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks from the administration come after McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-freezes-up-during-press-conference-trolls-biden-after-returning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporarily froze<\/a> for about 20 seconds during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a> on\u2063 Wednesday\u2063 and\u2064 needed to \u200dtake \u2064a brief break \u200cafter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wil-wheaton-claims-william-shatner-was-rude-to-him-on-star-trek-set\/\" title=\"Wil Wheaton Claims William Shatner Was Rude To Him On \u2018Star Trek\u2019 Set\">feeling lightheaded<\/a>. McConnell\u200b later returned to \u2064the\u200b press conference and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-calls-bidens-fall-symbolic-about-the-state-of-the-country\/\" title=\"DeSantis sees Biden's fall as a symbol of the country's state.\">appeared fine<\/a> when talking to reporters.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>White House Concerns<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/27\/white-house-mcconnell-health-scare-00108634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that \u2063the White \u200bHouse \u2062has been \u2063worried about McConnell\u2019s health because they view him as\u2064 \u201ca reliable partner in the\u200c effort to fund Ukraine\u2019s resistance against \u200cRussia and ensure the\u200c government\u2019s lights stay on past Sept.\u200c 30.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report\u2064 said that Biden officials are now \u2063accelerating talks about what the Senate GOP leadership\u2063 could look like if McConnell needs\u200b to step aside.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Potential\u2062 Replacements<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden\u2019s inner circle \u2062reportedly\u2063 believes that the most likely candidates to replace McConnell are \u200cSenate Minority\u200d Whip John Thune (R-SD), Republican Conference Chairman John\u200b Barrasso (R-WY), and Sen. John \u200bCornyn (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p>The Biden officials who spoke to Politico \u200bhad positive\u200d things to \u200dsay about Cornyn and \u2063Thune but did not \u200bsay positive things\u200c about Barrasso. In fact, they said nothing about Barrasso, possibly because attacking \u2064him to the \u2062media could\u200d strengthen his support within the Republican \u2064Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost in Biden\u2019s \u2062inner circle believe Thune would be the likely\u2063 favorite to step in \u2064for McConnell,\u201d the report said, \u201cThat, they feel, would be an acceptable option: Thune, they believe, largely shares McConnell\u2019s worldview on the importance of institutions and the\u200d need, at times, to work across the aisle. They also feel that Thune\u2063 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-weighs-three-gop-senators-who-could-succeed-mcconnell-one-seems-to-scare-them\/\" title=\"Biden Admin considers three GOP Senators to replace McConnell, one causing concern.\">unchallenged politically \u2064back home<\/a>, which aides believe is essential to \u2064leading from a position \u2063of strength. Similar views are held about Cornyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Liberty Score \u2062Comparison<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyscore.conservativereview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review<\/a> of the three senators\u2019 Liberty Score\u200d from the Conservative Review shows that Barrasso ranks in between \u2064the likes of \u200cRepublican \u2063Senatorial \u200cCommittee Chairman Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Sen.\u200d Tom Cotton (R-AR). \u200cThe same \u200dreview\u2062 ranks Cornyn \u2014\u2064 who got the first piece of major gun control\u2063 legislation \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/06\/23\/senate-john-cornyn-bipartisan-gun-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> in the Senate last year for the first time since 1994 \u2014 and Thune \u2063on the same level as Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>McConnell&#8217;s Health\u2064 Concerns<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s health has \u2064been in the news ever since he was \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-minority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-after-incident-at-dinner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospitalized<\/a> \u200c in early March after he fell during a private\u2064 dinner at\u2063 a hotel in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident this week, news reports began surfacing that the 81-year-old polio survivor has fallen at least two other\u2063 times this year, including at an \u2062airport earlier this month and during an overseas trip in February, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/07\/27\/what-happened-to-mitch-mcconnell-what-we-know-about-falls-wheelchair\/70479364007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Courier Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration hinted at their concern over potential successors to Senator McConnell, should he step down due to health issues. This was evident when McConnell momentarily paused during a press conference. 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