{"id":2211405,"date":"2024-04-02T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-says-hes-not-leaving-the-senate-aims-to-fight-isolationist-movement-within-gop\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:09:44","slug":"mcconnell-says-hes-not-leaving-the-senate-aims-to-fight-isolationist-movement-within-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-says-hes-not-leaving-the-senate-aims-to-fight-isolationist-movement-within-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell vows to stay in the Senate, plans to combat isolationist trend in GOP"},"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\">28<\/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-says-hes-not-leaving-the-senate-aims-to-fight-isolationist-movement-within-gop%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=2211405&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--><p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is determined to combat the isolationist leanings within the Republican Party. He highlighted his commitment during an interview with WHAS radio \u2063host Terry Meiners. Despite his impending \u2062resignation as party leader, \u2062McConnell affirmed his dedication to the \u2063Senate and opposing isolationist views within his party and others. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell from Kentucky is\u2063 resolute in his efforts to challenge the isolationist tendencies within the \u200bRepublican Party. In a conversation with WHAS radio host \u2064Terry Meiners,\u2064 McConnell emphasized his dedication to opposing isolationist sentiments within the party and beyond, despite his forthcoming\u200b resignation as party leader.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mitch-mcconnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) declared on Monday that he is focused on combating the \u201cisolationist movement\u201d of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/republican-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican Party<\/a> with his remaining time in office.<\/p>\n<p>The comments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/66-terry-meiners-28199905\/episode\/mitch-mcconnell-on-his-future-flipping-163919476\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made to WHAS radio host Terry Meiners<\/a>, signal that McConnell will be clashing with GOP colleagues who desire to rein in U.S. support for foreign allies such as Ukraine and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Although he plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-to-step-down-as-senate-republican-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">step down<\/a> as party leader, McConnell stressed, \u201cI\u2019m not leaving the Senate.\u201d He added, \u201cI\u2019m particularly involved in actually fighting back against the isolationist movement in my own party and so many others as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Q: \u201cWhat\u2019s your mindset now when your feet hit the floor in the morning?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell: &#8220;I&#8217;m not leaving the Senate. And I&#8217;m particularly involved in fighting back against the isolationist movement in my own party. The symbol lately is \u2018are we gonna help Ukraine or not.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHZprlxMGY\">pic.twitter.com\/VHZprlxMGY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1774916043875492299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One conflict in particular that McConnell referenced was Ukraine\u2019s fight against Russia, a cause to which the United States has allocated tens of billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe symbol, lately, is \u2018are we gonna help Ukraine or not?\u2019 And I think it\u2019s extremely important that we do that,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<p>Polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2023\/12\/08\/about-half-of-republicans-now-say-the-us-is-providing-too-much-aid-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> by Gallup in December showed an increasing number of Republicans \u2014\u00a0 approaching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2023\/12\/08\/about-half-of-republicans-now-say-the-us-is-providing-too-much-aid-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">half<\/a> of them \u2014 say the United States is providing too much aid to Ukraine as the conflict approached its two-year mark.<\/p>\n<p>That sentiment is showing in Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-bill-despite-opposition-from-over-half-of-republican-senators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More than half<\/a> of Republicans in the Senate voted against the $95 billion foreign aid bill that would give roughly $60 billion to Ukraine. The legislation passed, but so far the GOP-controlled House has not taken it up for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has indicated he is open to providing more foreign aid, but with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-johnson-charts-path-forward-on-ukraine-aid-with-important-innovations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cimportant innovations\u201d<\/a> that can bring together the slim GOP majority in the House. For instance, he mentioned to Fox News a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lindsey-graham-meets-zelensky-says-he-floated-trumps-loan-idea-for-ukraine-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loan<\/a> for Ukraine floated by former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Meiners noted that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has been criticizing McConnell and saying he is out of touch with the people in Kentucky. The host pressed McConnell on how to create unity.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Paul \u201cwould be the first one to say that he\u2019s an isolationist,\u201d McConnell replied. \u201cHe has been all along. This is not anything new for him. And he and I have always disagreed on this kind of issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell said what is \u201cmore troublesome\u201d is that others appear to be \u201cheading in that direction, making arguments that I think are easily refuted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe\u2019re not losing any of our troops, the Ukrainians are the ones doing the fighting. If the Russians take Ukraine, some NATO country would be next and then we will be right in the middle of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader from Kentucky, stated on Monday his commitment to opposing the GOP&#8217;s isolationist shift during his tenure. In an interview with WHAS radio host Terry Meiners, McConnell hinted at future conflicts within the party over reducing U.S. foreign engagement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2211406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2097685055-e1712067114422.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2097685055-e1712067114422.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211405","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}