{"id":2018142,"date":"2023-08-31T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-scares-test-mcconnells-grip-on-the-senate-gop-as-party-establishments-power-fades\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T13:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:58:23","slug":"health-scares-test-mcconnells-grip-on-the-senate-gop-as-party-establishments-power-fades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-scares-test-mcconnells-grip-on-the-senate-gop-as-party-establishments-power-fades\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell&#8217;s Senate GOP control challenged by health scares as establishment&#8217;s influence wanes."},"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%2Fhealth-scares-test-mcconnells-grip-on-the-senate-gop-as-party-establishments-power-fades%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=2018142&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 \u200cMinority Leader Mitch McConnell \u2062Faces Questions\u2064 About His Future<\/h2>\n<p>Senate \u2064Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has long been a pillar of \u200bstability within the Republican Party. However, recent health scares \u200dhave raised concerns \u200cabout the 81-year-old&#8217;s ability to lead as the GOP looks to regain control of the Senate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-owens-gop-can-win-big-in-2022-2024\/\" title=\"Rep. Owens: GOP can win big in 2022, 2024\">upcoming elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Republican senators have not publicly expressed their concerns, McConnell&#8217;s latest incident, where he froze while discussing his plans for reelection in 2026,\u2062 has sparked worry within the party. The absence of Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and John\u200c Fetterman \u2064(D-PA) during their own health-related \u2064recoveries jeopardized the Democrats&#8217; narrow majority, allowing Republicans \u200dto\u200d gain an advantage in certain votes and stall judicial nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Although McConnell&#8217;s episodes have\u2062 been attributed to his concussion recovery, there is\u2064 still much unknown about his condition. Nevertheless, McConnell&#8217;s allies, including Minority \u200cWhip John Thune (R-SD), Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-ukraine-a-hawkish-biden-and-some-skeptical-gop-lawmakers-mark-role-reversal\/\" title=\"Biden takes tough stance on Ukraine, GOP lawmakers show skepticism in role reversal.\">shown unwavering support<\/a> for him throughout his \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-full-timeline-of-hunter-bidens-scandals\/\" title=\"The Full Timeline Of Hunter Biden\u2019s Scandals\">health struggles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell&#8217;s health concerns\u200d come at a time when the Republican establishment is \u200blosing its grip on\u200c the party. Despite attempts by GOP\u200c leaders to stop former President\u200d Donald Trump in the 2016 primaries, he \u200demerged victorious and continues to dominate the 2024 Republican race. Trump-backed Senate candidates also fared well in last year&#8217;s primaries, although some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/health-scares-test-mcconnells-grip-on-the-senate-gop-as-party-establishments-power-fades\/\" title=\"McConnell's Senate GOP control challenged by health scares as establishment's influence wanes.\">ultimately lost winnable general elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As McConnell \u200dremains \u200cin control of the\u200b Senate Republican conference, his national popularity has suffered. He currently holds the lowest favorability\u200b rating\u200b among political leaders in both parties. However, McConnell&#8217;s strategic prowess and leadership have earned him respect within the party.<\/p>\n<p>While the senator&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-passes-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-69-30\/\" title=\"Senate passes bipartisan infrastructure bill 69-30\">future remains uncertain<\/a>, his health struggles serve as a reminder of the aging political leadership class. McConnell has served in \u2064the Senate since Ronald \u2063Reagan&#8217;s presidency, and\u200b his difficulties prompt public discontent with\u2062 long-standing politicians.<\/p>\n<p>As senators return from recess, all eyes will be on \u2064McConnell as the deadline for funding the federal government \u200dapproaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has provided stability to the GOP since 2007. However, recent health scares have raised concerns about the 81-year-old&#8217;s future. While Republican senators have not publicly questioned McConnell&#8217;s ability, his latest freezing incident has sparked further speculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2018143,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2018142","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}