Weakened 'ruthless' Mitch McConnell wields minimal influence in 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

26% : Instead, he is viewed with suspicion by Trump and his allies, including some of those Republican lawmakers that he helped put in office.
22% : And there have been major tensions between McConnell and Trump.
21% : " READ MORE:'This will kill people': GOP blasted for gutting Medicaid to pay for $4.5 trillion tax cut McConnell did a lot to push the U.S. Supreme Court to the hard-right, blocking former President Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, in 2016 and supporting all three of President Donald Trump's High Court picks: Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett.
21% : " READ MORE: WSJ blasts Trump for threatening swing state's economy with tariffs
11% : " Segers continues, "In the wake of the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, by a violent mob seeking to overturn the presidential election results, McConnell blamed Trump for the 'disgraceful' actions of his supporters during the insurrection; the relationship between the two men has remained frosty in the years since, despite McConnell's endorsement of Trump's reelection bid in 2024." READ MORE: 'Grave moral evil': Republicans are moving to impeach judges over anti-DOGE rulings Despite the "mutual distaste" Trump and McConnell feel for one another, Segers observes, McConnell "held an indirect role in ensuring Trump's political resurrection" in 2024.

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