Time - The Kentucky Republican, who stepped down from his role as longest-serving party leader in history this month, has been signaling that he would be neither a party hack nor a yes-man for President Donald Trump’s agenda. And on Friday night, that signal became a siren through his vote against Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon....
A single Republican Senator voting against a Trump nominee who still got confirmed may not seem like such a big deal. But McConnell is not just any Senator, and he does not usually find himself on the losing side of a vote without eyes on a longer game. His recent return to rank-and-file standing has awarded him freedoms he did not enjoy for 16 years atop the Republican hierarchy. He told colleagues he is finally “liberated.” Put simply: for the first time since 2007, McConnell is ready to just represent his constituents back home in Kentucky as he sees fit. More
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