‘Highly contentious’: How ‘bad blood’ fueled a bitter rivalry among ‘warring’ Senate Republicans

By Alex Henderson Republican leadership will remember the 2022 midterms for, among other things, the tensions between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rick Scott, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). Scott took offense when McConnell, over the summer, commented on the “quality” of U.S. Senate candidates who were being promoted by the NRSC and former President Donald Trump. Scott’s allies were hoping that he would replace McConnell as GOP leader in the Senate, which didn’t happen. McConnell will still be Senate minority leader in 2023 no matter how much…

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