{"id":1987556,"date":"2023-08-01T07:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T11:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-deserve-a-senate-leader-willing-to-defend-their-interests-over-democrats\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T07:54:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T11:54:41","slug":"republicans-deserve-a-senate-leader-willing-to-defend-their-interests-over-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-deserve-a-senate-leader-willing-to-defend-their-interests-over-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans need a Senate leader who prioritizes their interests above Democrats&#8217;."},"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\">22<\/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%2Frepublicans-deserve-a-senate-leader-willing-to-defend-their-interests-over-democrats%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=1987556&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>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Republicans&#8217; Top Senate \u200dLawmaker Distracted Amid Calls for Impeachment<\/h2>\n<p>While the Biden administration faces escalating calls for impeachment, either of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/politics\/mayorkas-house-investigation-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-to-unveil-immigration-agenda-next-tuesday\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden to unveil immigration agenda next Tuesday\">homeland security secretary<\/a><\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/09\/time-for-house-gop-to-drop-everything-and-target-merrick-garland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attorney general<\/a>, or even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/26\/impeachment-politics-biden-mccarthy-garland-mayorkas-gop-00108235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">president<\/a> himself as evidence mounts \u200cover myriad scandals, \u200bRepublicans&#8217; top Senate lawmaker is distracted.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of\u2062 directing his ire at President Joe\u200d Biden for his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/25\/joe-biden-allegedly-interacted-with-sons-clients-more-than-200-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-walls-are-closing-in-on-the-biden-family-scheme\/\" title=\"The Walls Are Closing in on the Biden Family Scheme\">influence-peddling schemes<\/a><\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-deserve-a-senate-leader-willing-to-defend-their-interests-over-democrats\/\" title=\"Republicans need a Senate leader who prioritizes their interests above Democrats'.\">corrupt overseas\u200d actors<\/a>, Senate Minority Leader Mitch \u2063McConnell piled onto the media onslaught against a freshman \u2063representative from Wisconsin who cussed out some teenagers at the Capitol. GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden\u2064 stirred up controversy last week when he went on a tirade\u200c against some interns\u2064 with the Senate page program who were lying\u200b in the Capitol rotunda, which the congressman says he considered disrespectful.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Wake the \u2064fuck up you little sh-ts. &#8230; What the f-ck are you all \u2064doing? Get the f-ck \u2062out of here,&#8221; Van Orden said, telling the group they\u200c were \u2064&#8221;defiling the\u200d space,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/4123626-gop-congressman-curses-out-teenage-senate-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to one page&#8217;s\u2062 recollection \u200cof the\u2063 incident. The Wisconsin lawmaker was\u2062 defiant,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/article_327c78aa-2d89-11ee-8564-5330154280d3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explaining<\/a> on a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-drews-nomination-to-los-angeles-homeless-commission-sparks-backlash-from-progressives\/\" title=\"Dr. Drew\u2019s Nomination To Los Angeles Homeless Commission Sparks Backlash From Progressives\">local radio show<\/a>, &#8220;The people who have brought this up \u2064are not serious people.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nor are the Republicans \u200cwho\u2063 have remained silent \u2063on the administration&#8217;s series \u2063of scandals but have been quick to get behind the Democrats&#8217; latest outrage circus.<\/p>\n<p>The Van Orden outburst drew swift condemnation from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of \u200cNew York. &#8220;I was shocked when \u200dI heard about it, and I am further shocked at his refusal to apologize \u200cto these\u2062 young people,&#8221;\u200b Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell didn&#8217;t \u2062hesitate to make the outrage bipartisan. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/28\/senate-pages-yelled-at-00108719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> to Politico, McConnell \u2063was clear to \u200d&#8221;associate myself with the remarks of the majority leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody on this side\u2062 of\u200d the aisle feels exactly the same way,&#8221; \u200cMcConnell added.<\/p>\n<p>If only Republicans had\u200c a leader in \u200cthe upper chamber who \u2064dared stand up for \u2063Republicans.\u200b The problem is not \u2064that Van Orden&#8217;s eruption at a\u2063 couple of \u200bteenagers is\u200b excusable. The problem is McConnell&#8217;s regular\u200b participation in Democrats&#8217; smear campaigns against other Republicans while the GOP\u200b Senate\u200c leader remains silent on the administration&#8217;s corruption scandals. Last week, McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4119381-senate-republicans-see-biden-impeachment-as-fraught-with-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declined to comment<\/a> \u200c at\u2063 all on House Republicans&#8217; impeachment push.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s far from\u200d the first \u2062time the Republican \u2064Senate leader has peddled the Democrats&#8217; latest political narratives. In March, McConnell\u200c condemned Fox News for the network \u200dairing \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/13\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-tucker-carlsons-j6-tapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan. 6 tapes<\/a> presented by Tucker Carlson. \u200dThe \u2063tapes\u2064 undermined the \u2062Democrats&#8217; narratives of\u200d a &#8220;deadly insurrection,&#8221; the basis for their snap impeachment of outgoing President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With\u200c regard to the\u200c presentation on Fox News last night, I want to associate myself entirely with\u2063 the opinion \u200bof the chief of the Capitol Police about what happened on Jan. 6,&#8221; McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill following Carlson&#8217;s\u200b first installment of the J6 tapes.\u200c Hours earlier, Capitol\u2063 Police Chief\u200c Tom\u2062 Manger had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/03\/07\/capitol-police-tucker-carlson-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent<\/a> a memo to\u2062 his department that called Carlson&#8217;s coverage &#8220;filled with offensive and misleading conclusions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The comments led even Elon Musk to begin\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/08\/elon-musk-blasts-mcconnell-for-attacking-j6-transparency-i-keep-forgetting-which-party-he-belongs-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">question<\/a> \u2062 whether McConnell was actually a\u2062 Republican. &#8220;I keep forgetting which party he belongs to,&#8221; \u2063Musk wrote\u200d on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>After the FBI raid of former President Donald\u200c Trump&#8217;s Florida\u2064 residence \u2063at Mar-a-Lago,\u2063 McConnell \u2064didn&#8217;t condemn the weaponization of\u200b federal law enforcement. Instead,\u200c the Republican Senate\u2063 leader <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/19\/after-fbi-raids-republicans-last-president-mitch-mcconnell-wants-to-increase-doj-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a> more funding for the federal bureau. This \u200bfollowed the octogenarian lawmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/10\/the-case-against-mitch-mcconnell-for-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sabotaging<\/a> Republicans&#8217; midterm efforts to reclaim the Senate. McConnell was more interested \u200bin\u200d maintaining an establishment minority he could\u2064 control than in achieving a GOP majority that aligned more with Trump&#8217;s vision \u200cfor the party.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have a right to expect far \u2064better from their No. 1 leader in the\u200d Senate. Considering McConnell&#8217;s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/27\/us\/politics\/mcconnell-freeze-health-senate-republicans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">health problems<\/a>, new leadership could come sooner rather than later. His successor would be wise\u2063 to \u200cadopt a new approach that puts voters first.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the\u2063 western correspondent for The Federalist and \u2064the\u2062 author of Social Justice Redux, a\u200d conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. \u2062Tristan\u200b graduated from George \u2064Washington University \u200cwhere he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter\u200d at \u200d@JusticeTristan or contact him at \u2062Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Biden administration faces impeachment demands due to mounting evidence of scandals involving the homeland security secretary, attorney general, and even the president himself, the Senate Minority Leader, a leading Republican, seems preoccupied. Rather than focusing on President Joe Biden&#8217;s corrupt dealings with foreign actors, he appears distracted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1987557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/1987556","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}