Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "This will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate."

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  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announces he will step down as Republican leader in November. He has has served as party leader since 2007, the longest in Senate history. "I turned 82 last week. the end of my contributions are closer than I'd prefer...I always imagined a moment when I had total clarity and peace" about the sunset of my work. A moment when he is certain he has helped preserve the ideals he so strongly believe. That day arrived today." He also says, "This will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. I'll complete my job my colleagues have given me to do until we select a new leader in November...I'll finish my job the people of Kentucky hired me to do as well." www.c-span.org/video/?533885-...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 375

  • @JustinWeikel
    @JustinWeikel 3 місяці тому +191

    "The Senate has been my life.". Yeah. That's the problem.

  • @-KillaWatt-
    @-KillaWatt- 3 місяці тому +158

    Even as a conservative I think I can speak for both sides of the aisle here and say GOOD.

    • @gaelanwhite8842
      @gaelanwhite8842 3 місяці тому +3

      Yep.

    • @obriets
      @obriets 3 місяці тому +4

      You don’t speak for all conservatives. I’ve hated and loved him, and I will miss him.

    • @jessieschulz8349
      @jessieschulz8349 3 місяці тому

      There is no such thing as "Conservatives."
      The word You were looking for is CUCK.

    • @arcadiagreen150
      @arcadiagreen150 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@obrietshe speaks for 99.9% of us.

    • @obriets
      @obriets 3 місяці тому

      @@arcadiagreen150 what it is about Trump-worshippers that makes them think they’re anywhere near the majority? I’m afraid you’re in for a rude awakening when the election rolls around.

  • @dewittharrell6101
    @dewittharrell6101 3 місяці тому +128

    You are the perfect reason term limits are needed.

    • @arcadiagreen150
      @arcadiagreen150 3 місяці тому +1

      As a "republican" (all politics is petty evil) I approve this message

    • @thekentuckianmapper6283
      @thekentuckianmapper6283 3 місяці тому +1

      Your the reason America is failing

    • @dewittharrell6101
      @dewittharrell6101 3 місяці тому

      76 plus like for me
      And your opinion.
      Enough said

    • @jamesbraun9842
      @jamesbraun9842 3 місяці тому

      There are term limits. It's called voting

    • @arcadiagreen150
      @arcadiagreen150 3 місяці тому +2

      @@jamesbraun9842 have you ever explored how incumbent senators are funded against opponents? Campaigning is a money game

  • @geraldstacy3658
    @geraldstacy3658 3 місяці тому +72

    He loves the Senate so much he poisoned it nearly to death.

    • @OliverdeClisson
      @OliverdeClisson 3 місяці тому

      xD

    • @kimcissell1905
      @kimcissell1905 3 місяці тому +2

      He has bankrupted America and screwed my grandkids future. He remains a multimillionaire.

  • @stevenplayzzz172
    @stevenplayzzz172 3 місяці тому +19

    He should step down on the spot. No reason to wait

  • @giapacella6771
    @giapacella6771 3 місяці тому +68

    Thank God! Leave now..

  • @firstlast4516
    @firstlast4516 3 місяці тому +70

    His generation of politicians should have all left office 15-20 years ago. Term limits are needed and if there's a lower age limit there should also be a upper age limit. Period.

    • @Ron-DeSantis2028
      @Ron-DeSantis2028 3 місяці тому +2

      We have term limits, have you ever heard of voting??

    • @annaanon8419
      @annaanon8419 3 місяці тому +4

      ​@@Ron-DeSantis2028 Have you heard of the presidency? They get two terms. The same should go for Congress & the Supreme Court. This way our country isn't held back by ppl with decades-long, geriatric grudges.

    • @beausandovalthomas
      @beausandovalthomas 3 місяці тому

      @@annaanon8419if you’re incapable of partaking in your democracy and voting, you can just say so

  • @SweetJoe7
    @SweetJoe7 3 місяці тому +22

    About dam time

  • @kjjk554
    @kjjk554 3 місяці тому +45

    Should have left 20 years ago...

  • @alicemcleod6149
    @alicemcleod6149 3 місяці тому +16

    Goodbye, it was horrible knowing you!

  • @danmadison5087
    @danmadison5087 3 місяці тому +18

    Something about a door and a butt comes to mind.

    • @markberryhill2715
      @markberryhill2715 3 місяці тому +1

      Don't let the screen door hit ya where the Good 👍 Lord split ya!

  • @ronroach5623
    @ronroach5623 3 місяці тому +16

    Good, long over due!

  • @panoselisseos2989
    @panoselisseos2989 3 місяці тому +11

    Thank God

  • @C.t1888
    @C.t1888 3 місяці тому +6

    Yeeeeooooooooooooo
    Another one bites the dust , byeeee Mitch 👋👋

  • @jessetheskeptic601
    @jessetheskeptic601 3 місяці тому +21

    I think I speak for eveyone under 60 when I say it's about damn time, and take rest of the geriatrics with you. This man has been in office since before I was born and I'm approaching 40! Term limits are needed now!!

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby 3 місяці тому +36

    A turtle must know when to lay down his shell

  • @sharonimacaroni5771
    @sharonimacaroni5771 3 місяці тому +7

    It must be hard to retire from a job knowing that you're going to be leaving behind millions of $ of future income on the table.

  • @WarrenRCG
    @WarrenRCG 3 місяці тому +7

    It's time to leave when you go from hoping others remember your name to hoping you remember your own name.

  • @IFixSAN
    @IFixSAN 3 місяці тому +6

    can't even be upfront and honest with his own health issues, but rather deflect the reason for his sudden introspection on the death of a relative. SMH.

  • @patrickpet7905
    @patrickpet7905 3 місяці тому +4

    GOOD RIDANCE!! FINALLY! HOLY HELL

  • @deanakalberg4540
    @deanakalberg4540 3 місяці тому +2

    Mitch McConnell finally doing something for all Americans!

  • @lordkingbomb
    @lordkingbomb 3 місяці тому +16

    Term Limits

  • @tammylove7368
    @tammylove7368 3 місяці тому +17

    Don’t let the door hit you on your way out 😀👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @nonyabusiness557
    @nonyabusiness557 3 місяці тому +5

    Don’t let the door hit u on the way out

  • @SuperPetey78
    @SuperPetey78 3 місяці тому +8

    Don't let tha door hitcha

  • @JoeyKO757
    @JoeyKO757 3 місяці тому +6

    We still need term limits

  • @ItsAboutAComeback
    @ItsAboutAComeback 3 місяці тому +7

    Good!

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby 3 місяці тому +12

    I thought he was gonna freeze up again

  • @OfficerFlatFoot
    @OfficerFlatFoot 3 місяці тому +5

    mitch is returning to the sea

  • @carlamendez6590
    @carlamendez6590 3 місяці тому +4

    "..it is distinctly possible to remain too long at the Fair."-Joan Didion

  • @conchitapicazo7820
    @conchitapicazo7820 3 місяці тому +2

    🎉 Is about time!

  • @Wythaneye
    @Wythaneye 3 місяці тому +2

    Must be nice to have a job where you show up when you want to, ruin everything in sight, and then get to decide when you should leave.

  • @WarrenRCG
    @WarrenRCG 3 місяці тому +7

    "My career in the U..." Your what? Needs term limits.

    • @cameronhenke593
      @cameronhenke593 3 місяці тому +1

      Exactly it's supposed to be public service ...he actually thinks he's done any good fkr the country

  • @agviator
    @agviator 3 місяці тому +6

    Hey, Chuck Grassley….

  • @johannzaeske230
    @johannzaeske230 3 місяці тому +3

    Way over due

  • @Skeletor3278
    @Skeletor3278 3 місяці тому +3

    About time! Great day for America

  • @amydavis4945
    @amydavis4945 3 місяці тому +11

    My condolences to the McConnell family for the loss of a family member. I have never liked Mitch, but losing a family member is rough on anyone. As for this being his last term... that should have happened years ago. Term limits need to be a thing.

  • @TheDeadbone1961
    @TheDeadbone1961 3 місяці тому +4

    Poster boy for term limits.

  • @Branca179
    @Branca179 3 місяці тому +1

    Finally

  • @davidthompson6636
    @davidthompson6636 3 місяці тому +1

    That is one step for a small man,
    One giant leap for mankind

  • @elliottabernathy1332
    @elliottabernathy1332 3 місяці тому

    Thank goodness!!!

  • @treesixnine
    @treesixnine 3 місяці тому +4

    God knows what you did Mitch and you will be judged for you're doing

  • @hpygolkyone
    @hpygolkyone 3 місяці тому +2

    Passing the torch of a *career politician* . He replaced an incumbent 40 years, and ran on the fact that the incumbent was a *career politician* and it was time for a change. He must have forgotten the reason he ran...or not.

  • @michigantraveler
    @michigantraveler 3 місяці тому +1

    I lost track how long he has been here. Thanks for your service Mitch 🫡

  • @theoneonly7954
    @theoneonly7954 3 місяці тому

    Long over due!

  • @coreysmith8560
    @coreysmith8560 3 місяці тому +2

    I think it is a good decision to retire after the current term ends.

  • @JesusTrump
    @JesusTrump 3 місяці тому

    FINALLY!

  • @Soyeah26
    @Soyeah26 3 місяці тому +2

    poster child for term limits is finally leaving.

  • @duckydude1382
    @duckydude1382 3 місяці тому

    We need term limits

  • @timelyopinions4517
    @timelyopinions4517 3 місяці тому +3

    If hanging on to a paycheck and waiting to die in office was a person. Moscow Mitch has been on public assistance for 40 years and the state of KY is still poor, uneducated, and backwards.

  • @nbuehster
    @nbuehster 3 місяці тому +1

    He's going back into his shell?

  • @chrismcbee4653
    @chrismcbee4653 3 місяці тому

    👏

  • @larryshores9402
    @larryshores9402 3 місяці тому

    Smh, gotta love Kentucky......

  • @cald1421
    @cald1421 3 місяці тому +1

    “Young age.” Lmao. He thinks they’re young

  • @jaguarkaboom8967
    @jaguarkaboom8967 3 місяці тому +5

    *RAND PAUL SHOULD BE THE NEXT SENATE GOP LEADER!!!!!!!!!* ****************

    • @gaelanwhite8842
      @gaelanwhite8842 3 місяці тому +1

      I like him, but I don't think he's the right pick. He seems like one of those guys who knows he doesn't need to be in charge to get stuff done. I think someone like Steve Daines or John Thune would be would be better suited to lead.

  • @user-pj6xu3tz4k
    @user-pj6xu3tz4k 3 місяці тому

    We've never left ragen era

  • @judedesilva8366
    @judedesilva8366 3 місяці тому +1

    #KentuckyFlipsBlue 💙🌊 #BlueWave2024 💙🌊

  • @wyattwagner7177
    @wyattwagner7177 3 місяці тому +1

    As a former Republican, I say about time. But was an honor to have served as an intern for you Senator McConnell when you were Senate Majority Leader in 2014

    • @misssummersalt
      @misssummersalt 3 місяці тому +1

      What made a former McConnell intern up and leave the entire Republican party?
      Congratulations, by the way!

  • @micclark4657
    @micclark4657 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @i2really1der
    @i2really1der 3 місяці тому

    It was a heartfelt speech

  • @peterjordaan9025
    @peterjordaan9025 3 місяці тому +2

    Too little too late MM

  • @nomosss
    @nomosss 3 місяці тому

    Doing the right thing.Need term limits.

  • @charliemancuso5690
    @charliemancuso5690 3 місяці тому

    TERM LIMITS!!

  • @suzy1717
    @suzy1717 3 місяці тому

    He needs to leave NOW!😡

  • @jefferyyounce5372
    @jefferyyounce5372 3 місяці тому +1

    Every Democrat, Republican, Independent, Atheist, Christians all say, Good Riddance!

  • @EnglishAbundance
    @EnglishAbundance 3 місяці тому +2

    "the leader of the free world'
    Go out doing the right thing, Mr McConnell. Condemn the orange traitor.

  • @pamela174
    @pamela174 3 місяці тому +2

    Amazing speech by McConnell.
    God bless him for knowing when to say when.

    • @HmmmYeahRiiiiiight
      @HmmmYeahRiiiiiight 3 місяці тому

      Are you on glue?

    • @pamela174
      @pamela174 3 місяці тому

      @HmmmYeahRiiiiiight lol Underneath, I'm freaken glad he's retiring his position, he's a Democrat ass kisser.

  • @MrDyldoBaggins
    @MrDyldoBaggins 3 місяці тому

    finally a chance to say what he really thinks, let's see if he can man up

  • @user-vj6hb5ls7x
    @user-vj6hb5ls7x 3 місяці тому

    Yea ! ! !!!!

  • @barbaraclements5183
    @barbaraclements5183 3 місяці тому +12

    Is He leaving? Yeah! Hooray! So glad he will be out as leader. It should have happened a long time ago. I believe he will be voted out in November. I wish you a retirement that is to your liking, but I am so glad to see you go. God bless you and may God have mercy on us all if these people stay in power.

    • @thekentuckianmapper6283
      @thekentuckianmapper6283 3 місяці тому

      He won't

    • @kcfreedom
      @kcfreedom 3 місяці тому

      He’s not up for election in November.

    • @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
      @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 3 місяці тому

      Mitch was the leader for a long time, I don't see him getting voted out, I see him stepping down though.
      Liberals won't win a democrat, and most Republicans would rather keep a sane corrupt prick like Mitch then let when of those MAGA cultists in.
      I'm a former Republican, I quit the GoP because they quit loving our troops when they elected mr "I like people who weren't caught".

  • @jessetheskeptic601
    @jessetheskeptic601 3 місяці тому +2

    Poor Mitch, he won't have his position in the Senate to provide him his narcissistic supply. Guess his family will have to fill the gap now.

  • @anthony821
    @anthony821 3 місяці тому +2

    He was there when Biden and Gore were senators, and segregationist Strom Thurmond was still alive. Senators need term limits

  • @PSILOCYBINISTHEWAY
    @PSILOCYBINISTHEWAY 3 місяці тому

    ALL OF OUR OLD LEADERS NEED TO GOOOOO. THE WOMAN IN THE BACK IS LITERALLY SHAKING SMH

  • @AnzalnaSatar
    @AnzalnaSatar 3 місяці тому

    You are 82 and no one is saying you are too old

  • @andrewserna28
    @andrewserna28 3 місяці тому +1

    Big changes are coming that’s why he’s cutting and running, no one has ever been as successful as a politician then this monster

  • @davidparks395
    @davidparks395 3 місяці тому

    Term limits are a must!

  • @747GhostDogg
    @747GhostDogg 3 місяці тому

    About time, step aside ? Weak for the party

  • @freddynovember5842
    @freddynovember5842 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow thats the first time I ever seen evil cower

  • @joshyoungforindiana
    @joshyoungforindiana Місяць тому

    Senators should have a maximum of TWO six-year terms. Then they need to go. It's ridiculous that Mitch has been in Senator of Kentucky since Reagan's presidency.

  • @MichaelWinkelman-rm1hp
    @MichaelWinkelman-rm1hp 3 місяці тому

    He should have been gone years ago along with many other politicians in that toilet they call DC. Term limits are badly needed.

  • @HarbinGarble
    @HarbinGarble 3 місяці тому

    Don’t let the door hit your neck pouch on the way out

  • @gailsimmons5270
    @gailsimmons5270 3 місяці тому

    Good riddance! We need term limits and no more 30 - 40 year careers in the Senate!🤨

  • @tommypauly3249
    @tommypauly3249 3 місяці тому +2

    Mitch, you brought it on yourself. You are not holier than thou! Just sayin'

  • @bhoxhara6956
    @bhoxhara6956 3 місяці тому +3

    Ok Mrs career politician…. Get the hell out as your interest is not Americas interest.

  • @poolside123canadian7
    @poolside123canadian7 3 місяці тому +7

    Na n’a na na na na na na hey hey hey GOOD F’N BYE!

  • @PSILOCYBINISTHEWAY
    @PSILOCYBINISTHEWAY 3 місяці тому

    GOOD RIDDANCE

  • @gregfaulkner2107
    @gregfaulkner2107 3 місяці тому

    Should have been 20 years ago

  • @bheehive4497
    @bheehive4497 3 місяці тому +1

    QUIT NOW!!

  • @ElimanGibba
    @ElimanGibba 3 місяці тому

    He needed to go longtime ago . He will be remembered in a bad light forever.

  • @PastorJailtime
    @PastorJailtime 3 місяці тому

    "Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
    With the barkers and the colored balloons.
    You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain,
    Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon...."
    --Neil Young.

  • @oliviakathryn8444
    @oliviakathryn8444 3 місяці тому +2

    I thought that was a great speech. Although the politics have held hostage no teaching of the reason and it's purpose within k-12 another leader yields. A man should not be against man but that is true and that is ever also the thrust into man. Politics. Law. Freedom.

  • @thebeccafly
    @thebeccafly 3 місяці тому

    Thank effing God

  • @volcanicsour
    @volcanicsour 3 місяці тому

    No job is too small for the Marines

  • @joeyjoejoe314
    @joeyjoejoe314 3 місяці тому

    You won't be missed

  • @Tommy-B.
    @Tommy-B. 3 місяці тому

    Who did his family lose to get him to finally leave? Take note.

  • @IainG81
    @IainG81 3 місяці тому

    Nobody over 70 should be allowed to stay in office. Your term must end on your 70th birthday then someone else can fill your unexpired term then they can run themselves.

  • @SilverSylphide
    @SilverSylphide 3 місяці тому

    How about leave now Mr Freeze

  • @sandyago4735
    @sandyago4735 3 місяці тому

    Time to move on and to lie down

  • @Fomune1
    @Fomune1 3 місяці тому

    TermLimits 2024!

  • @ralphokot7515
    @ralphokot7515 3 місяці тому

    He just said that he is leaving the leadership of the senate

    • @nantzlynn77
      @nantzlynn77 3 місяці тому

      Good catch! I heard he is still going to be in the capacity of Senator until he/it expires (2029)