Gerth: Once a Republican hero, Mitch McConnell will be GOP target as he retires | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

29% : He also gave in to Trump, protecting him at every turn even though he acknowledged despising Trump in a book released last fall.
29% : He has steadfastly supported Ukraine in its war with Russia, even as Trump has called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator and blamed Ukraine for the war.
24% : " U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, a longtime ally, took to X after Kennedy was confirmed despite McConnell's objection to write, "Kentucky needs a U.S. Senator who stands with President Trump and fights for our conservative values.
7% : In the book, Associated Press Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Michael Tackett wrote that McConnell called Trump "stupid as well as being ill-tempered," a "despicable human being" and a "narcissist.
4% : "He's openly trying to sabotage President Trump & keeps selling Kentucky voters out," Morris wrote on X following McConnell's votes against Hegseth, Gabbard and Kennedy.
1% : " Still, he twice protected Trump from being convicted on impeachment charges and even held his tongue when Trump used racist slurs when talking about Elaine Chao, Trump's former transportation secretary and McConnell's longtime wife.
0% : Backlash against McConnell from KY Republicans Some Republicans here at home weren't happy that McConnell correctly blamed Trump for the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, and their anger has boiled over in recent weeks as McConnell has opposed three of Trump's worst appointees -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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