Let's talk about McConnell striking back....
Belle of the Ranch
Belle of the Ranch
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2023
⏱️ 4 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Let's talk about McConnell striking back....
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Well, howdy there internet people, let's go again. So today we are going to talk about |
| 0:07.1 | McConnell, being McConnell, and a few people actually being surprised that Mitch McConnell was |
| 0:16.3 | a Mitch McConnell. So after the midterms there was a challenge to McConnell's leadership by Rick Scott and Mike Lee |
| 0:30.4 | kind of |
| 0:33.3 | his nominating speech. The idea was to get rid of McConnell, make sure he wasn't the |
| 0:38.5 | the leader of the Republican Party there in the Senate. |
| 0:47.3 | The the Republican Party there in the Senate. The attempt to oust McConnell failed, reportedly by a pretty large margin, McConnell didn't really do anything. It is what it is you know that's |
| 0:58.6 | just politics. So in a totally surprising move, Rick Scott and Mike Lee are no longer on the Commerce Committee, which is an incredibly powerful committee. |
| 1:16.2 | They were removed by none other than Mitch McConnell, who could have seen that coming. McConnell is somebody that everybody keeps |
| 1:27.0 | underestimating up there. Recently McCarthy kind of took some shots at McConnell and I |
| 1:36.9 | suggested it probably wasn't a good idea to do that because McConnell has a |
| 1:42.1 | history of well getting even. |
| 1:44.0 | If you are in a situation where |
| 1:47.0 | being House Speaker took you know more than a dozen votes |
| 1:52.0 | to get to that point you probably don't want to make an enemy of somebody like Mitch McConnell |
| 1:58.0 | people asked what I was talking about |
| 2:02.0 | this this is classic McConnell. So when you are analyzing McConnell's moves, analyzing. |
| 2:15.0 | McConnell's moves. Remember stuff like this. |
| 2:17.0 | You always have to factor it in. |
| 2:19.0 | As you watch, McConnell take a back seat to McCarthy when it comes to the debt |
| 2:26.4 | ceiling thing. Remember that this is probably in play. They're not going to get out there in front of the cameras and support |
| 2:35.8 | McCarthy and if it goes the wrong way? Well I imagine McConnell will have a |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Belle of the Ranch, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Belle of the Ranch and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

