Mitch McConnell to step down as Senate Republican leader in November
The senator has been the Republican leader in the U.S. Senate since 2015.
The Republican tenor of the US Senate Mitch McConnell, 82, will step down in November, he announced on Wednesday February 28. "I stand before you today (...) to tell you that this will be my last term as Republican leader," he said in a speech to Congress. The surprise address was greeted by standing ovations from elected representatives on both sides of the aisle in the upper chamber.
Mitch McConnell, undisputed leader of the Republicans in the Senate since 2015, first headed the Republican majority in the upper chamber, then the group that became a minority in early 2021. The senator has been at the forefront of the Republican fight against the policies of Democratic President Barack Obama's administration (2009-2017), then of support for Donald Trump, who came to power in January 2017. He has also been a strong supporter of aid to Ukraine, since the start of the Russian invasion of the country.
In recent months, concerns have been raised about the Republican leader's state of health. Last summer, he suffered two long periods of absence in the space of a month. In March, the octogenarian senator was hospitalized after a fall at a private dinner, which left him with a concussion, a broken rib and nearly six weeks off work. Despite this, Mitch McConnell categorically refused to resign.
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