Mitch McConnell
“Senate Republicans should IMMEDIATELY elect a *Republican* Minority Leader,” the group said Wednesday.
The "Tonight Show" host reacted to news that the 82-year-old Republican will step down from Senate leadership in November.
The Florida Republican's "better days" boast prompted some brutal reminders.
One of the former president's biggest antagonists is relinquishing the reins in the Senate, giving Trump total control of the Republican Party.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
It's not clear if the Republican leader's successors would support Ukraine or regular government functioning as much as McConnell did.
Minutes after the announcement, people took to X, formerly Twitter, to discuss the senator’s legacy, but the responses weren’t exactly positive.
“One of life’s underappreciated moments is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter," the 82-year-old said in an emotional speech on Wednesday.
A growing number of conservative senators are in open rebellion with his tactics, heeding instead the words of former President Donald Trump.
"Trump did this," the ad states, over footage of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The Senate minority leader invoked his wife, Elaine Chao, in a snarky reaction to the former president’s anti-immigrant rhetoric.