Posted on 08/30/2022 7:42:24 AM PDT by cotton1706
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hosted a fundraiser in Kentucky for Trump-backed Senate candidates Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania), Rep. Ted Budd (North Carolina), and Herschel Walker (Georgia).
This comes after McConnell seemingly attacked the Trump-backed senate candidates questioning the candidates’ quality.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) acknowledged Thursday that the GOP may not retake the Senate during the November 2022 midterm elections.
“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,” McConnell told reporters in Kentucky. “Senate races are just different, they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.”
“In the Senate, if you look at where we have to compete in order to get into a majority, there are places that are competitive in the general election,” McConnell said. “So, you can’t nominate somebody who’s just sort of unacceptable to a broader group of people and win. We had that experience in 2010 and 2012.”
McConnell downplayed this being anything out of the ordinary saying he does “this every August”. ” He explained, “I picked these three because I thought they were in critical states and had a good chance of winning.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday touted the prospects of three GOP Senate candidates backed by former President Donald Trump, despite the rift between the two Republican leaders.
Mr. McConnell‘s efforts underscored his view that taking back the upper chamber was more important than his run-ins with Mr. Trump. However, it also came after Mr. McConnell recently expressed concern — without mentioning any names — that “candidate quality” could jeopardize the party’s ability to retake the Senate.
Is McConnell changing his tune?
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Because if they win despite McConnell being against them, then they're free to vote AGAINST McConnell for leader.
This is also a sign that McConnell knows they will win, and wants to be in their good graces ("hey I raised money for you, now vote for me for Leader").
McConnell is a pusillanimous snake, but we knew that.
Is that SOB up for re-election this year?
On the surface it sounds like turtle dude is putting country before his personal animosity for Trump; something Lizard Cheney never could do.
It’s a step in the right direction. Now help other America First candidates like Blake Masters in Arizona beat Mark Kelly for senate.
Doubtful
While I want all three to win, I don’t think any of them will win. I think the Republican party did a terrible job picking Senate candidates. Hopefully Oz’s loss will show some people on this forum that Trump is not perfect. That loss will be squarely on him.
“can’t nominate somebody who’s just sort of unacceptable to a broader group of people and win”
Nominate a real America First Conservative,
not an America last Globalist RINO, or a knuckle-dragging, batshiite crazy wanna be “Reformer”.
and you win every time
Some leader
You’re supposed to say “we’re going to win”
Bigly
Looks like McTurtle wants to keep his job.
Pusillanimous snake? WHY are you being so nice to McConnell? And why are you insulting snakes? Just sayin’.
“This comes after McConnell seemingly attacked the Trump-backed senate candidates questioning the candidates’ quality.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) acknowledged Thursday that the GOP may not retake the Senate during the November 2022 midterm elections.”
Can u c Schumer saying this about his party and their candidates???
So McConnell is not going to sink money into candidates like Johnson and Masters but will sink money into candidates like Walker? Really>
Which means that the voter fraud in large cities impacts all senate races, but only the house races in or overlapping with large cities.
In 4 looooong years from now!
2026 is McConnell’s next senate election.
Mitch is putting on his Sheep clothing for a while and then surprise
As an Independent who spent one election cycle (1964) as a Democrat and the following 20 as a Republican, I cannot say it gives me any pleasure watching the GOP being torn apart by their current ‘civil war’. However I have to say I am not surprised.
It is probably pretty hard to support the GOPe/Vichy faction of the party if you are a MAGA and vice versa.
For an old guy like me, it is pretty easy since I will only vote for an America First candidate.
An America First candidate of either party.
Even though they are scarce in the Republican party and damn near non-existent in the Democrat.
McConnell is one Slimey Swamp Creature from the State of Kentucky.
He still is not to be trusted.
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