GOP senators are openly defying Mitch McConnell. Here's why it's his own fault.

McConnell was perhaps the most prominent member of the conservative elite who enabled Trumpism. [View in browser]( [Image]( September 16, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] GOP senators are openly defying Mitch McConnell. Here's why it's his own fault.]( by Eric Garcia Mitch McConnell has a well-earned reputation as the "Grim Reaper" of the Senate. Legislation doesn't get passed out without his approval. The fact that a fellow Republican senator introduced an abortion ban just shy of the midterms is proof McConnell's not as in control as he used to be, [Eric Garcia argues](. "McConnell appears to be a man who can no longer control the most extreme factions of his conference," Garcia writes. McConnell used Trumpism to get the tax cuts and judicial picks he wanted, Garcia writes, but a side effect is that "a sizable faction of Republican senators can now openly defy him and count on the base having their back." Read Eric Garcia's [full analysis](//link.msnbc.com/click/29072169.87447/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi92aXJnaW5pYS1lbGVjdGlvbi1pbnRlZ3JpdHktcGxhbi1yZXB1YmxpY2FuLWdvdmVybm1lbnQtd2FzdGUtbjEyOTg4NDc_Y2lkPWVtbF9tZGFfMjAyMjA5MTYmdXNlcl9lbWFpbD1kN2RjNzQ1MTcyOTdiMzk3MWFhMTRkNmYzMzExMzVhMDg3OGY4ZjY0MGZhMWExMDE5ZjE1N2I2NWMxYjVkZDFk/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914Bc30762b3 in your Friday [MSNBC Daily](. Stay informed with curated match-ups, race updates and key midterms analysis from experts like Steve Kornacki in our new pop-up elections newsletter: Countdown to Midterms. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP](   TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [Steve Benen]( [Judge Cannon hands Trump multiple victories in latest special master ruling]( The Trump-appointed judge in the Mar-a-Lago case had a chance to do the right thing. She chose not to. [Read more.]( [Katelyn Burns]( No one is safe from Abbott's state-sponsored gender police]( Texas wants the state to be the final arbiter of kids' genders. [Read more.]( [Steve Benen]( [Did DeSantis use taxpayer funds to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard?]( The Florida governor's latest stunt won't exactly discourage migrants. [Read more.]( [Ja'han Jones]( [Biden administration announces first major step to fight America's racist roads]( It's part of the Biden administration's broader effort to remake America's infrastructure to be more equitable. [Read more.](   TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [The ReidOut]( [Judge names special master, denies DOJ request for continued access to classified docs]( [The Last Word]( ['Outrageous and stupid': Legal experts excoriate Trump judge's new ruling]( [Deadline White House]( [Former DHS official says Trump wanted to 'bus and dump' migrants into Democratic cities]( [Hallie Jackson]( [Jan. 6 rioter who wore 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt sentenced to prison](   MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] On Sunday, MSNBC Films presents 'Model America,' from co-directors Michelle Major and Dani Goffstein. The four-part series dissects the country's complicated relationship with race through the lens of Teaneck, New Jersey – a supposed "racial utopia" that became ground zero for the modern Black Lives Matter movement – and highlights the wounds that have yet to heal after the 1990 killing of a Black teenager by a white police officer. Watch the premiere episode of '[Model America](' on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC and streaming on Peacock.   The United States hasn't seen inflation like current levels since the late 1970s. The pandemic prompted unusually high levels of fiscal stimulus, including the rollout of relief through programs like the American Rescue Plan, which some have blamed for inflation. But our guest this week shares that increased economic relief isn’t really the biggest contributing factor leading to inflation. Author Matthew Klein points out that supply chain disruptions created by the Covid crisis, along with the war in Ukraine, actually explain the majority of the changes we're experiencing. Klein has reported for numerous outlets including Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and Barron’s. He joins [WITHpod]( to provide a gut check on the economy and to discuss why he believes the Fed has raised interest rates, the role that supply and demand plays in global financial systems, the impact of monetary policy changes on economic recovery efforts and more.   [Image] [Image]   [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)