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The Lead with Jake Tapper

McConnell to step down from Senate GOP leadership in November

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

News

3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Mitch McConnell is stepping down as Senate Republican leader, though he is going to stay on as the senator from Kentucky. The new era of Republican politics is now loading. Plus, a monster wildfire is exploding in Texas, burning through land 11 times the size of Washington, D.C. Also, President Biden’s met with his doctor for his annual physical in what is expected to be the last update on Biden’s health before November’s election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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the man Trump calls old crow is flying the coop. The lead starts right now.

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But this will be my last term as Republican leader in the Senate.

0:41.0

Mitch McConnell there with his own 2024 plan, stepping down as Senate Republican

0:48.5

leader, though he's going to stay on as a senator from Kentucky.

0:51.5

The new era of Republican politics now loading as a new

0:55.2

high stakes race team kicks into gear to replace McConnell. Odds are the

0:59.4

winner will likely be an old white guy named John. Plus, a monster wildfire in Texas exploding at one point

1:06.4

burning through 150 football fields a minute,

1:08.6

charring through Lant, 11 times the size of Washington, D.C. we're going to go live on the ground

1:15.1

as this fire and wide open land prompts evacuations in its path

1:19.2

and

1:20.1

President Biden's day with the doctor, the report due, any moment after his annual physical.

1:29.9

Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper. We start with our politics lead in the end of an era on

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