Posted on 09/30/2022 1:00:08 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that he believes his party now has a “50-50 shot” of getting the chamber back less than six weeks away from the midterm elections.
“We are in a bunch of close races,” McConnell told reporters during a press conference. “It’s going to be really, really close either way, in my view.”
The comments reflect a greater degree of optimism from the GOP leader after he drew criticism last month from fellow Republicans when he downplayed the party’s chances in the fall elections, saying it would be more likely for the party to gain control of the House than the Senate.
“Senate races are just different — they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” McConnell said at a press conference in Florence, Kentucky, in mid-August. …
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He knows that the odds of Republicans taking the Senate are a lot better than what he’s letting on, and there will be new MAGA blood in the Senate who will not vote for his RINO butt for Majority Leader.
The odds would be even better without McConnell, and he knows that.
Hey Mitch! Want to motivate the Grass Roots to turnout the vote in 6 weeks?
Announce you’re stepping down as Leader.
Which needs to have hearings on China Mitch’s corruption.
He says one thing and does another. He’ll be putting the $$$ screws to a number of patriot candidates that are not Mitch’s definition of “GOP” . F u Mitch!
He’s got 5 years left. He’s not going anyplace for a while.
Alaska will stay R but who will be the R?
Mitch McConnell suggests corruption and everything that’s wrong with our government in my opinion…
Turtle is trying to gin up the Dem vote. He knows if the new batch of conservatives get in, he is toast.
He’s improving:
Still mealy-mouthed and uninspiring,
But less defeatist than usual
Not enough do for the Dems’ tastes; hence mail-in voting and the associated fraud.
Mitch McConnell can step down and leave the gov’t to help.
This will make sure the republicans win big.
He is in the way.... deliberately.
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