Williams Weighs In on McConnell’s Diminishing Power in the Senate in McClatchy DC Article
March 25, 2024
McClatchy
McConnell’s power over his 49-member caucus has already severely diminished, as most recently evidenced by the 26 Republicans who cast votes against the $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel, a cause he’s framed as existential to U.S. security.
“He is basically a dead duck,” says Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs.
“The last of a dying breed. The internationalist GOP is a thing of the past…The young bucks, like J.D. Vance and Josh Hawley are not going to tow the same global American leadership line as McConnell, [John] McCain, Bill Frist and Trent Lott,” Williams says.
Read more in the McClatchy DC article, “‘A different seat in the chamber’: What’s ahead for Mitch McConnell in the US Senate?”
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