I’ll throw my hat in the ring.
It probably won’t matter, all that much, if these “new” Republicans win, which I’m praying they do, but I’m thinking he’s worried about his leadership role and the fact that he probably isn’t going to be able to ‘control’ them.
If elected, time will tell, but this batch could show up in the Senate and become the Senate version of: Gaetz, Greene, Boebert, Gohmert, etc. He doesn’t want that.
He already has enough on his plate with Rand Paul. If some of these potential new comers, come to form a bloc, not the “go along to get along/RINO/GOPe” group that dominates the Senate, McConnell is going to have some issues. All those folks are seen as “Trump People”. McConnell doesn’t want them around.
Love Louie Gohmert
"If he will not see the light make him feel the heat."