Despite it being too late to do anything about it, Kentucky has had it with GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The turtle-faced master of the Senate was reelected in 2014 so no matter how much that Bluegrass State residents may dislike him, they are stuck with him.
But they definitely aren’t liking him now, especially after the failure to repeal Obamacare, a broken promise that at least partially led to his reelection.
His approval rating is plummeting though which should send a message to Senate Republicans that they had better start looking for a new leader if they want to beat back the Democrats who are looking to take back control of the upper chamber next November.
Fortunately for good ole Mitch, he isn’t on the ballot because a new poll shows that his approval rating has cratered at 18 percent.
NEW POLL: McConnell’s approval rating plummets to 18 percent in Kentucky https://t.co/AcGij4M1hE http://pic.twitter.com/2oxjUENhAz
— The Hill (@thehill) August 21, 2017
Via The Hill “Poll: McConnell’s approval in Kentucky at 18 percent”:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has an 18 percent job approval rating in Kentucky, according to a new survey.
A Public Policy Polling survey found just 18 percent of respondents approve of the job McConnell is doing, compared with 74 percent who disapprove.
If McConnell were up for reelection today, 37 percent of respondents said they would vote for the Kentucky Republican. Another 44 percent would instead choose a Democratic opponent, according to the survey.
An additional 19 percent said they were unsure.
McConnell’s seat will be on the ballot next in 2020.
Earlier this month, President Trump took aim at McConnell after the Kentucky Republican vented about the president’s “excessive expectations” for his agenda.
Trump questioned why McConnell had not yet been able to pass a new healthcare plan and Trump’s top spokeswoman said there is “some frustration” with the Senate leader.
The double-whammy of his inability to get anything done as well as his burgeoning feud with President Trump are leading McConnell to take even more cheap shots at the POTUS.
Like defending the fake news media.
McConnell: “Most news is not fake” https://t.co/gSTVUVn9Km http://pic.twitter.com/v5aP3hJI9u
— The Hill (@thehill) August 21, 2017
Look for the relationship between Trump and McConnell to continue to disintegrate once Congress returns from their latest extended break and the tortoise all but hands the reigns over to John McCain who may be an asshole but he is much more of a leader than McConnell could ever hope to be.
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