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McConnell’s Olive Branch & Fox’s New D.C. Headache

News and notes around town: Republican senatorial rapprochement and a media scrum for our times.

Mitch McConnell and new N.R.S.C. chairman Steve Daines have been rushing to consolidate support around strong MAGA-enough candidates whom they can put forward before Trump offers his own batshit crazy alternative.
Mitch McConnell and new N.R.S.C. chairman Steve Daines have been rushing to consolidate support around strong MAGA-enough candidates whom they can put forward before Trump offers his own batshit crazy alternative. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Tara Palmeri
March 10, 2023

Last night, before the unexpected fall that landed him in the hospital with a concussion, Mitch McConnell walked into Washington’s Waldorf Astoria with the hope of some G.O.P. restitution. For two tumultuous years under the leadership of his nemesis, Rick Scott, the National Republican Senatorial Committee had been at odds with McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund. Over time, the two men grew to despise one another in the way that powerful wealthy men often do: each wouldn’t give the other what they wanted, which pissed off their counterpart.