Mitch McConnell will leave Senate with egregiously anti-LGBTQ+ record

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : When Donald Trump became president the following year, he nominated conservative Neil Gorsuch, who was confirmed by the Senate.
41% : McConnell, in speaking to the Senate Thursday, also stood up for Congress's power over federal spending, which has been usurped by Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk.
32% : The two men did not speak for a time, "but McConnell ultimately endorsed Trump as the Republican nominee in 2024 and made clear he is not planning to oppose most of the president's agenda," The Washington Postnotes.
23% : Recently, McConnell has shown some opposition to Trump, voting against his nominees for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth; national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard; and Health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
15% : Trump then questioned whether McConnell had actually had polio and later said McConnell was "not equipped mentally" to be a Republican leader.
12% : McConnell condemned the insurrection of January 6, 2021, by Trump supporters who tried to prevent the certification of the Electoral College vote for Joe Biden, and he has supported Ukraine in its war with Russia.
11% : In 2023, Trump referred to McConnell's wife, Taiwan-born Elaine Chao, by a racist nickname several times, even though she had been his secretary of Transportation.
8% : Trump also said McConnell should be removed as the Republican Senate leader.

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