{"id":510935,"date":"2022-11-16T21:23:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T18:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mitch-mcconnell-reelected-senate-gop-leader\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T21:23:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T18:23:38","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-reelected-senate-gop-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mitch-mcconnell-reelected-senate-gop-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mitch McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f4f2841869\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f4f2841869\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mitch-mcconnell-reelected-senate-gop-leader\/#%E2%80%9CMitch_McConnell_reelected_Senate_GOP_leader%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Mitch McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMitch_McConnell_reelected_Senate_GOP_leader%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Mitch McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Mitch is back.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will remain in that post for another two years after he turned back a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), as GOP recriminations rolled on over their lackluster midterm results.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, 80, had the support of 37 senators, while Scott got 10 votes and one senator abstained, CNN reported, citing two members of the GOP conference.<\/p>\n<p>The Kentuckian\u2019s victory puts him on track to become the longest-serving Senate party leader, surpassing the 16 years Montana Democrat Mike Mansfield led his party from 1961 to 1977.\u00a0McConnell has led the Senate GOP since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The vote took place against the backdrop of Republican discontent over their failure to regain the Senate in last week\u2019s midterm elections \u2014 despite public dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval of President Biden\u2019s handling of the economy amid the highest inflation in four decades.<\/p>\n<p>The 69-year-old Scott, a former Florida\u00a0governor, insisted to his colleagues it was time for a change, writing in his candidate letter: \u201cIf you simply want to stick with the status quo, don\u2019t vote for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-feat-image.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mitch McConnell.\" class=\"wp-image-24676313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Mitch McConnell had the support of 37 senators.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sen. Rick Scott got 10 votes.\" class=\"wp-image-24676368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Rick Scott got 10 votes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, Scott came under fire over his two-year tenure running the Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm, which spent more than $235 million, failed to flip a single seat, and lost the open Pennsylvania seat held by the retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey.<\/p>\n<p>In response to calls for an audit of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Scott claimed Wednesday he had learned that committee staffers had been\u00a0paid\u00a0\u00a0\u201chundreds of thousands of dollars in unauthorized and improper bonuses\u201d during the previous election cycle, under the chairmanship of Sen. Todd Young of Indiana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what children do when they are caught with their hand in the cookie jar,\u201d former NRSC executive director Kevin McLaughlin\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/11\/16\/rick-scott-nrsc-00067439\">told\u00a0Politico in response<\/a>. \u201cThey lash out. Obviously this is crazy and we welcome a full audit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Developing \u2026<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will remain in that post for another two years after he turned back a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), as GOP recriminations rolled on over their lackluster midterm results.\u00a0 \u00a0 McConnell, 80, had the support of 37 senators,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":510936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/mitch-mcconnell-rick-scott-senate-reelected-comp-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[135628,134320,41445,67844,70289],"class_list":["post-510935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-16-22","tag-midterm-elections-2022","tag-mitch-mcconnell","tag-republicans","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}