The Senate Republican leader on how to resist the ‘genuine radicals’ bent on destroying the Senate and transforming the country
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hen you’ve been around as long as Mitch McConnell, few things are new, and some are almost exactly the same.
So it is that McConnell once again is opposing a Democrat in the White House pursuing a transformational agenda at the same time he is targeted by a populist Right that considers him too establishmentarian.
Ten years ago, of course, the president was Barack Obama, and the powerful populist force was the Tea Party; this time, Joe Biden is president, and the populists are led by Donald Trump who is calling for his head.
After months of getting slammed for his handiwork, the …