McConnell demurs on renaming Senate building after McCain

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Source: The Hill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday demurred when asked if he supports renaming a Senate office building after GOP Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).

“We’ll be talking about the best way to honor Senator McCain,” McConnell told reporters when asked about the idea of renaming the Russell Senate Office Building after McCain, after giving a speech memorializing McCain on the Senate floor.

Pressed on if renaming the building was something he was would support, McConnell, who routinely doesn’t respond to hallway questions, didn’t answer as he walked into his office.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said on Monday that there would likely be a “discussion” and suggested the Rules Committee could take up the issue.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/403869-mcconnell-demurs-on-renaming-senate-building-after-mccain

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It's now the "The Russell Senate Office Building", named for former Senator Richard Russell Jr. from Georgia in 1972,
a southern racist.
The GOP may wish to keep honoring Russell.

[irresistable]

1. He doesn't want to piss off Trump.

[mobeau69]

4. In that case, I say name it after HRC as soon as we can.

[2naSalit]

2. Well, considering that he's a bonfide traitor

and racist, it's a hard call for him to replace the name of the building, named after a racist with a real patriot.

[cstanleytech]

3. In the end they wont do it because they are scared of Trump and his small but vocal base of nutjobs.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Legitimate heroes diminish this GOP wolf pack of pretend patriots

[TNNurse]

6. As a native of GA as was Senator Russell,

please, dear God, change the name. Senator McCain deserves it.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. Hey Mitch

Grow a pair.