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good to be with you. i m katy tur. mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the republican party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. what is going to change? mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. he single handedly blocked president obama from filling a supreme court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that supreme court vacancies can t be filled in election years. a policy he immediately said did not apply when president trump had the chance to fill ruth bader ginsburg s seat just before november 2020. from the supreme court to the federal courts across this country, no single person has arguably had a bigger impact, confirming 228 judges in the trump years alone. almost all young, white conservative men who will be able to serve for the rest of their lives. in spite of that success with trump, mcconnell has also been seen as one of the last guardrails against maga. holdin