Posted on 12/14/2022 12:15:15 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell claimed Tuesday that the Republican Party had a “candidate quality” issue in the midterm elections and blamed former President Donald J. Trump for his influence in the GOP primaries.
McConnell: "Our ability to control the primary outcome was quite limited in 2022 because of the support of the former president. Hopefully in the next cycle, we'll have quality candidates everywhere." pic.twitter.com/ep0aatPWXl
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 13, 2022
“I said we had a bunch of close races, and looking at each race separately, I wasn’t making that up,” he added before blaming the lackluster election results on “candidate quality.”
“Look at Arizona, look at New Hampshire, and a challenging situation in Georgia as well,” said McConnell before bragging that the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a super PAC he is aligned with, influenced the outcome of GOP primaries in Missouri and Alabama.
“I do think we had an opportunity to relearn one more time: you have to have quality candidates to win competitive senate races,” he added.
McConnell then asserted that his ability to influence primary election outcomes was hindered by Trump and the power behind his endorsement in primary races.
“Our ability to control primary outcome was quite limited in ’22 because of the support of the former president proved to be very decisive in these primaries, so my view was do the best you can with the cards you’re dealt,” he continued.
While McConnell suggested Arizona and New Hampshire Republican candidates Blake Masters and Don Bolduc were flawed, the SLF pulled millions in advertising from the two candidates at crucial points in their races, effectively abandoning them.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
In late September, just weeks before mail-in-voting began, the SLF reportedly pulled $9.6 million in reserved advertising for the Arizona Senate race, leaving other conservative groups scrambling to make up the difference. When Bolduc was climbing in the polls in late October – just weeks before election day – the SLF ripped away $5.6 million from the race.
At the same time, McConnell put $9 million behind pro-impeachment establishment Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in her race against Trump-backed candidate Kelly Tshibaka. In other words, McConnell pulled funds from Republicans attempting to unseat Democrats in key battleground states but funded an establishment Republican against Trump’s candidate.
Did McCrooked ever return his dirty money from FTX?
“Our ability to control the primary outcome was quite limited in 2022...”
It is not Mitch’s job to control the primaries.
It is the job of GOP Primary voters and those GOP voters nominated the best candidates.
The people of Kentucky must do better than him.
Mitch McConnell is a CANCER.
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mcconnel does everything he can to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and then he blames Trump when he succeeds.
Hey Mitch, blaming the losses on bad candidates is just an excuse. And excuses are like aholes, everyone has one and they all stink.
We need more “quality” candidates like McConnell and his buddies who stand behind him at the mike. Sickening
Count Cocaine Mitch as leading the “we must have done something wrong” crowd.
DeSantis 2024 Is a Trap:
If voter fraud is not addressed, it doesn’t matter who the candidate is, because democracy in America won’t exist.
> By Dan Gelernter / December 12, 2022
https://amgreatness.com/2022/12/12/desantis-2024-is-a-trap/
[Conclusion]
“If we don’t address voter fraud, it doesn’t matter who the candidate is because democracy in America won’t exist, and your vote won’t matter—just as it hasn’t mattered for two years. How did we get from a prosperous nation and global peace to where we are now? It wasn’t just COVID. It was you. And it was me. Our government denied us the most important right we have—they stole our votes. And we said, “OK, I guess it must have been something we did.”
[rest at link]
None of the senators who reelected McConnell as their leader will be held accountable. They should have a microphone shoved in front of their face every time Mitch McConnell betrays the American people.
Mitch never utters a word about election integrity, but he will always blame Trump and conservative republicans. Just like the democrats playbook.
So... I you usually control the primary outcomes. Thanks for confirming. The Repukr party is trash
Damn GOPe RINO CCP opperative cuck.
Poor quality candidates or did the Deep State RINOs just fight immensely dirty campaigns in the primaries which left the Trump candidates wounded going into the general?
This event was not organized in "June".
It was a mad scramble to put something together after Miotch had made identical 'Candidate quality' character assassinations LITERALLY JUST THE WEEK BEFOREHAND. President Trump immediately unloaded on Miotch as did many, many others, and so Miotch had to kiss the ring.
McConnell to host event for GOP Senate candidates in Louisville ahead of midterm electionsAnd yet, nobody points out the ridiculous double-talking by Biotch Miotch.FIRST ON FOX: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will hold an event in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday to amplify support for a handful of GOP Senate nominees in races across the country in the upcoming midterm elections.
The rally, according to a source familiar with the event, was organized in June and will feature Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, Georgia GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker and North Carolina GOP Senate nominee Ted Budd.
"The stakes in this election could not be higher," McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. "It is imperative that Republicans regain control of the Senate and serve as a firewall against President Biden’s disastrous policies. I am determined to do everything I can to ensure our candidates have the resources they need to win this November."
This is why we MUST HAVE a new Rush, someone capable of calling Miotch out on radio, on social media, and make ordinary FRacebookers understand these Senate losses were orchestrated by MIOTCH, who has NEVER been comfortable as Majority Leader, but instead afflicts his entire worldview with being persecuted as a child after having suffered polio, and literally can only function at his best when he, in his mind, is being persecuted by Schuck and the MSM as Minority Leader.
This dude is a broken bald ragdoll at his core.
You're never going to get rid of him, but the good news is he isn't going to serve out his term, instead he will hand off his Senate seat to the newly-installed Ky Governor Cameron sometime in 2024-2025, who will name himself as Miotch's replacement.
Cameron was recruited by Miotch a decade ago, but has since gone MAGA. Miotch has no other option but to follow through with his original plan to yield his Senate seat to the first black Senator from Kentucky.
SCHADENFREUDE!
McConnell is a piece of garbage or a piece of dog excrement, worthless, annoying. In his opinion, any candidate who didn’t swear to support the RINO old guard was a poor candidate.
Hey, turtle! An 86% win rate in the general by President Trump endorsed candidates is better than anything you clowns ever did.
Trump was greatly damaged by the midterms. Republicans like McConnell know they can be openly critical of him without fear of consequences
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