The announcement by Mitch McConnell that he will step down in November comes in anticipation that he would be bounced from his role regardless of the outcome of the 2024 election. Either Donald Trump’s victory would be deemed by populists as a chance to remake the party, or Trump’s failure would be laid at the feet of an intransigent establishment that McConnell has come to symbolize, in every way imaginable, deserved or not.
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