On Thursday, 22 Republican senators, including even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), denounced President Barack Obama in a scathing letter for threatening America’s “entire constitutional system” with his immigration “enforcement review” that threatens to “nullify” the nation’s immigration laws.
In TIME‘s latest 100 Most Influential People edition, Sen. Mitch McConnell praises Sen. Rand Paul’s “rare magnanimity.” McConnell points out that the freshman senator from Kentucky embraces the “Eleventh Commandment” made famous by Ronald Reagan: “Thou shalt not speak ill of
A new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that health insurance costs will continue to rise under Obamacare while offering individuals fewer choices of doctors and lower reimbursement rates than employer-sponsored insurance plans. Democrats attempted to present portions
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky–Speaking at Saturday’s FreePAC Kentucky gathering sponsored by FreedomWorks, talk radio host Glenn Beck said of Matt Bevin, the Tea Party-endorsed challenger to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), “I believe that man was called of God.” Beck’s speech was wildly
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky–FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe, one of the featured speakers at the organization’s FreePAC Kentucky event in Louisville Saturday, told Breitbart News that the estimated 2,000 Tea Party activists attending the event will focus on the tools and techniques of community
Friday morning, Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) campaign sent out a press release criticizing his GOP primary challenger, state senator Chris McDaniel, for planning to attend a major Tea Party rally this weekend. “This Saturday, Kentucky will focus on the Final
Glenn Beck and FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe are coming to a major Tea Party rally in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s back yard – and McConnell primary challenger Matt Bevin is a featured speaker. The event, dubbed FreePAC Kentucky by host
On Friday, FreedomWorks, the grassroots conservative group, pulled its endorsement in the Nebraska GOP Senate primary from Shane Osborn and gave it to conservative, anti-establishment candidate Ben Sasse, who has been surging as the anti-Obamacare candidate. In one of the
When Breitbart Sports was the first major outlet to announce the All-American team, the most controversial pick was Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein as the 3rd team All-American center. One of the top 15 offensive players at www.valueaddbasketball.com (No. 1 Seed Wichita
When House Republicans penned their Pledge to America in 2010, they convinced American voters they would advance a conservative agenda if they regained control of the House that year. Four years later, what promises have they actually delivered? ObamaCare is
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) campaign just could not get the simplest of ads right on Tuesday. The campaign embarrassingly put out a web ad that mistook players from Duke’s 2010 championship team for Kentucky players three days before
On Friday, the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund endorsed Matt Bevin, who is challenging Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in this May’s Kentucky Republican primary. Jenny Beth Martin, President of Tea Party Patriots and its Citizen Fund Super PAC, told the Washington Times, “Senator
In response to Michelle Obama: My Husband and I Welcome ‘Criticism’ from ‘Media’ and ‘Our Fellow Americans’: Uh-huh. They sure have a strange way of showing their “welcome.” What was the IRS scandal but a project to “shut up conservative voices” that
Texas Governor Rick Perry endorsed the re-election of United States Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Saturday night, according to the Washington Times. During a dinner in Kentucky at Murry State University, Perry said, “I love the number six. Sam Houston was 6
On Thursday, Newport, Kentucky Mayor Jerry Peluso endorsed Matt Bevin, who is challenging incumbent Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in May’s Kentucky Republican Senate primary. In a statement, Peluso cited Matt Bevin’s small business background as a main factor for his endorsement. “As someone
On his Monday show, conservative talk show host Mark Levin reacted to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his pledge to take the Senate back, even that means side-stepping Tea Party conservatives, which he detailed in an interview published
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told the editorial board of the Cincinnati Enquirer he doesn’t believe in global warming. McConnell: ‘I don’t buy’ that climate is changing. In 1970s ‘we were all concerned about the ice age coming.’ — Carl
For his opening jokes of NBC’s Thursday broadcast of “The Tonight Show,” host Jimmy Fallon took a couple of jabs at the Conservative Political Action Conference underway at National Harbor outside of Washington, D.C. “Well here’s what everyone’s talking about
Grassroots conservatives at CPAC 2014 may have been a bit surprised to find themselves being addressed by establishment Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and their reaction suggests they were a bit less than overwhelmed by his so called “red meat” speech.
On March 6th Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) brought a gun to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). McConnell carried a rifle onto the stage and handed it to Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). According to the National Journal, McConnell’s moment with
Bill Clinton made his first appearance for Election 2014, and it was to help sell Alison Lundergan Grimes as the future senator for Kentucky. Speaking in Louisville fundraiser, Clinton tried to paint Grimes as a spiritual heir to his self-proclaimed
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has a comfortable lead against Tea Party challenger Matt Bevin in the state’s GOP Senate primary. But he is in a dogfight in a potential general election battle against Democrat Alison Lundergran Grimes, the
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has spoken out on what really went down behind closed doors during the recent debt ceiling debate. You guess it. Establishment GOP leadership tried to have its way. GOP Senate Leadership wanted a show vote…What Mitch
Few political figures have more good will built up with the Tea Party than Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). He ascended to power by taking on the GOP establishment, has a conservative voting record, and has electrified the Senate with his
Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Matt Bevin said on Wednesday that if same sex marriages were legal, marriages between parents and children could be next. Bevin made the comments following his attack on Mitch McConnell for recommending a judge who ruled
