RNC Official Urges McConnell to Resign as Senate Majority Leader

Roger Villere, RNC vice chairman: ‘GOP brand is being damaged’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Aug. 6, 2015, as the Senate began its summer recess. (Associated Press) **FILE**  Photo by: Jacquelyn Martin

With John Boehner now departing as House speaker, an influential Republican Party official is now seeking the ouster of another GOP leader who has frustrated conservatives: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“McConnell needs to resign!!” Louisiana GOP Chairman Roger Villere wrote in a Facebook posting.

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