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Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is in his "out-of 'you-know-whats' to give twilight era," making him "impervious" to President Donald Trump's wrath, according to Puck's Leigh Ann Caldwell.
Caldwell appeared on Inside Politics with Dana Bash Thursday, shortly after McConnell was the sole Republican to vote "no" on the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary.
McConnell also defied Trump by voting against Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary.
Bash read from Caldwell's latest article about McConnell:
"The 82-year-old has morphed into an ornery rank-and-file senator with the ability to upend MAGA's legislative agenda and torment his former tormentor, Donald Trump," Bash read. "This enigma amplifies growing questions about how McConnell plans to spend his hard-earned out-of 'you-know-whats' to give twilight era."
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Caldwell told Bash, "This is the very last stage of his career. We all know he's 82 years old. We know that his health is, his body is, not necessarily keeping up anymore, and he hasn't decided to run for reelection. And we also know he has a long history with Donald Trump."
Caldwell said that McConnell has "no regard for Trump" and believes the party is "moving in the wrong direction."
"McConnell is impervious to the challenges and the pressure that other senators are going to feel from Trump, from MAGA world," Caldwell continued. "He's likely not running for reelection. He has been, as he has said, the 'spear catcher' for the Republican Party for many years. so those things don't bother him, which is separates him from the rest of the pack."
Caldwell said that McConnell's last big priority will be defense funding "and making sure that the isolationist movement and the Donald Trump Republican Party does not expand to defense funding. The question I have is, how much influence does he have in his party still — especially when he is the lone sole anti-vote against these nominees — to influence on issues that really matter, including like this issue of defense, that is absolutely so important to him."
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