{"id":1992704,"date":"2023-08-06T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T00:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-gets-cold-welcome-in-home-state-as-his-speech-is-drowned-out-with-chants-of-retire\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T00:20:08","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-gets-cold-welcome-in-home-state-as-his-speech-is-drowned-out-with-chants-of-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-gets-cold-welcome-in-home-state-as-his-speech-is-drowned-out-with-chants-of-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell faces chilly reception in home state as &#8216;Retire&#8217; chants drown out his speech."},"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%2Fmitch-mcconnell-gets-cold-welcome-in-home-state-as-his-speech-is-drowned-out-with-chants-of-retire%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=1992704&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>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Faces Calls to Retire at Kentucky Political Event<\/h2>\n<p>Senate \u2062Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was greeted with shouts of \u201cretire\u201d Saturday as\u2063 he\u2064 attended \u200dthe 143rd Annual St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic, \u200ca major Kentucky political \u2064event.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, 81, \u200bhas been dealing with\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-physical-reveals-multiple-health-issues-does-not-appear-to-have-gotten-cognitive-test-reports\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Physical Reveals Multiple Health Issues, Does Not Appear To Have Gotten Cognitive Test: Reports\">multiple health issues<\/a> this year, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-released-hospital-headed-rehab-injuries-worse-initially-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a fall\u200d in March<\/a> to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-responds-alarming-episode-press-conference-got-sandbagged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freeze-up<\/a> \u2064 while speaking to \u2064the media. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.senate.gov\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First elected<\/a> to the \u2062Senate \u200din\u200b 1984, McConnell has been the Republican leader in\u2062 the \u2064Senate since 2006, either as majority leader when \u2062the \u200bGOP held an edge \u2064and as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon 'Abuse of Power'\">minority leader<\/a> \u2063since \u2062the 2020 elections put the chamber under\u200c Democratic control.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, who was elected to his current term \u2063in \u20642020, is\u200b scheduled to serve until 2026. His term as the GOP\u2019s \u2063leader ends in 2024,\u2062 according to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckytoday.com\/news\/mcconnell-on-top-of-game-speaking-at-fancy-farm\/article_34d0fb64-33ea-11ee-8303-2b0cc28e0380.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentucky Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2062as \u200ca video \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PU28453638\/status\/1688279081433870336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to X, \u200dpreviously known \u2062as Twitter, noted, some want him gone\u2064 sooner, drowning\u200c out McConnell\u2019s words by yelling, \u201cretire.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking news: \u200bKentucky crowd shouts \u201cRetire\u201d at Mitch McConnell. \u200c  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CULKwOuB7U\">pic.twitter.com\/CULKwOuB7U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Freedom \u200d (@PU28453638) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PU28453638\/status\/1688279081433870336?\">August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some in the\u2062 crowd chanted \u201clost \u2064the Senate,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/ky\/louisville\/news\/2023\/08\/06\/cheers--jeers-and-mcconnell-at-fancy-farm-picnic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectrum News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A separate\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/ky\/louisville\/news\/2023\/08\/05\/mitch-mcconnell-fancy-farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectrum<\/a> report noted that McConnell received \u201ca rousing welcome from the\u200c party faithful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my 28th \u200dFancy Farm, and I want to assure\u200b you it\u2019s\u200b not my\u2064 last,\u201d McConnell\u200d said in his only oblique reference to his health.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9tk9Xhosd5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video of \u200bthe\u200d speech<\/a> showed McConnell speaking over a chorus of jeers as he began.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Booing continued as he said, \u201cit\u2019s not hard for \u2064Republicans to look good these days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe\u2019re up against the folks who\u2064 gave \u2064you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/days-since-twitter-suspended-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Days Since Twitter Suspended Donald Trump\">record high inflation<\/a>, we\u2019re up \u200bagainst folks who close schools and then told you teachers\u2019 \u2063unions know what\u2019s best, \u2063we\u2019re up against \u200cfolks who rather let \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-gets-cold-welcome-in-home-state-as-his-speech-is-drowned-out-with-chants-of-retire\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell faces chilly reception in home state as 'Retire' chants drown out his speech.\">repeat offenders walk free<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1. Ouch! Looks \u200clike Mitch McConnell didn\u2019t receive a warm reception at the Fancy \u200dFarm Picnic in his\u2063 home\u2064 state of Kentucky. \u2063During \u2062his\u2062 speech. some folks weren\u2019t holding\u2063 back and shouted \u201cretire\u201d and \u201cditch Mitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jewels \u200bJones\u2063 (@JewelsJonesLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JewelsJonesLive\/status\/1688261325074702336?\">August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McConnell threw some jabs at Democratic Gov. Andy \u2064Beshear, who is running \u200bfor re-election, and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden and Beshear aren\u2019t\u2062 working \u2063for Kentucky. Andy might as well be on the White \u2062House payroll and it\u2019s high\u2062 time he was\u200d honest about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good we \u200bhave a Republican General Assembly to \u2062keep the governor in \u2063check,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has said he believes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitch-mcconnell-recently-another-scary-incident-kept-quiet-now-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell<\/a> \u2062 should retire, \u200daccording to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/07\/30\/exclusive-video-trump-mcconnell-health-problems-sad-should-step-down-have-have-new-gop-leader-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to have that,\u201d Trump\u200d said. \u201cNo, we have\u2063 to have that. We have some people in the Senate that \u2063are fantastic and would be great at that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitch-mcconnell-gets-cold-welcome-home-state-speech-drowned-chants-retire\/\">Mitch McConnell Gets\u2062 Cold Welcome in \u2064Home State as His\u200b Speech Is Drowned Out with Chants\u200b of &#8216;Retire&#8217;<\/a> appeared first \u200bon <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell faced calls to retire at the St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic in Kentucky. McConnell, 81, has encountered various health problems, including a fall and a recent speech freeze. Despite being first elected years ago, his recent challenges have raised concerns about his ability to continue serving in his position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1992705,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1992704","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}