President Joe Biden responded on Wednesday to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) announcement detailing his plans to step down from his Senate leadership role in November.
McConnell, 82, has held the top leadership position for Senate Republicans for 16 years, making him the longest-serving party leader in Senate history — and Biden said that while he and McConnell had often disagreed and even “fought like hell,” he felt that they had reached a certain level of “trust” and could ultimately work together.
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President Biden says he’s “sorry to hear” Mitch McConnell is stepping down from Senate leadership:
“I trusted him, we had a great relationship, we fought like hell. But he never, never, never misrepresented anything. I’m sorry to hear he’s stepping down.” pic.twitter.com/U4a1RaQ94v
— The Recount (@therecount) February 28, 2024
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