Mitch McConnell (R-KY) officially announced on Wednesday he will step down as Senate minority leader, but he isn’t resigning from Congress.
“This will be my last term as Republican leader of the Senate,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. However, I'll complete my job my colleagues have given me until we select a new leader in November and they take the helm next January. I'll finish the job the people of Kentucky hired me to do as well, albeit from a different seat, and I'm actually looking forward to it.”
McConnell said he was “filled with heartfelt gratitude” for his time in the Senate, but conceded it was time for new leadership.
“It's 2024. I'm now 82. As Ecclesiastes tells us: 'to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven,'” McConnell said. “To lead my Republican colleagues has been the highest privilege. But one of life's most underappreciated talents is to know when it's time to move on to life's next chapter.”
