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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

McConnell says Trump-backed Senate hopefuls have a ‘good chance of winning’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. addresses the audience at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) **FILE**

McConnell hosts Oz, Walker fundraiser after criticizing ‘quality’ of 2022 Senate candidates

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao respond to a reporter's question during a press conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. McConnell secured a seventh term in Kentucky, fending off Democrat Amy McGrath. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Trump slams McConnell, wife Elaine Chao after candidate ‘quality’ comments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this file photo, S. Chad Meredith, Kentucky solicitor general, speaks to members of the media after making arguments before the Kentucky Supreme Court at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on Thursday, June 10, 2021. On Friday, July 15, 2022, the White House dropped plans to nominate Meredith, an anti-abortion lawyer backed by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, for a federal judgeship in Kentucky. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, Pool, File) **FILE**

Biden nixes plans to appoint lawyer who defended abortion restrictions to federal judgeship

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, July 20, 2020, in Washington. The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate. The Senate Republican partnership with Trump to confirm conservative justices paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on abortion rights. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bitter enemies Trump, McConnell notched Supreme Court abortion win with their unlikely alliance

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican collaboration in Democrats’ historic gun control victory unpopular with most GOP leaders

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2022. Mr. Scott, head of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, said on June 23, 2022, that he will vote against the bipartisan gun bill that has won the blessing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, putting more distance between the two powerbrokers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Gun bill drives another wedge between NRSC Chair Rick Scott and GOP leader Mitch McConnell

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell throws support behind bipartisan gun bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell says his ‘biggest decision’ as GOP Senate leader was blocking Garland from Supreme Court

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ahead of Memorial Day surge, McConnell slams Biden for saying gas prices are ‘incredible transition’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this image from Senate Television, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, speaks on the Senate floor, Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the Capitol in Washington. Despite mounting mass shootings in communities nationwide two in the past two weeks alone, including Tuesday in Texas and the racist killing of Black shoppers at a Buffalo, New York, market 10 days earlier lawmakers have been unwilling to set aside their differences and buck the gun lobby to work out any compromise. (Senate Television via AP)

McConnell endorses talks with Dems over possible gun legislation after Texas school massacre

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters ahead of a procedural vote on Wednesday to essentially codify Roe v. Wade, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: Impact of Supreme Court’s anticipated abortion ruling will be a ‘wash’ in midterms

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Republicans, Democrats trade extremism charges in showdown on doomed abortion bill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

McConnell warns GOP to not take midterms for granted by nominating ‘unacceptable’ candidates

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., finishes speaking with reporters about President Joe Biden's proposed $5.8 trillion budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell pledges to force Biden to ‘moderate’ center if GOP retakes Congress

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks outside the chamber before the vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the high court, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell pledges to back Trump in 2024 if ex-president wins GOP nomination

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Earlier, three Republican senators broke from their party to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

McConnell says GOP majority would block Biden nominees to force new energy policies

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., finishes speaking with reporters about President Joe Biden's proposed $5.8 trillion budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell says COVID spending package could shrink to $10B

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., does a tv news interview following a national security briefing on Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. With his country besieged by Russian forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed members of Congress earlier in the day. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell warns of ‘utter meltdown’ at border if Biden ends pandemic shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a Republican strategy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: Most Republicans back aid to Ukraine, dismisses GOP critics as ‘lonely voices’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times