Many GOP senators are resisting calls for McConnell to resign — the reason why may surprise you – By Alex Henderson (Alternet) / Sept 6, 2023
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, one of the many Republicans running against frontrunner Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, has been arguing that President Joe Biden, now 80, is too old to be seeking reelection. And she has also called for 81-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) to consider resigning in light of his health problems, describing the U.S. Senate as “the most privileged nursing home in the country” — a comment Haley’s critics have attacked as ageist.
But among GOP senators, Haley isn’t finding a large audience for her message. Even some of the Republicans are being mentioned as possible replacements for McConnell have said — at least publicly— that he shouldn’t go until he is good and ready.
In an article published by The New Republic on September 6, journalist Grace Segers explains why many U.S. senators are in no hurry to see McConnell or 90-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) resign
