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.”
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“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.”
‘Good chance of winning’: Mitch McConnell reverses course on Trump-backed Senate hopefuls Mehmet Oz, Ted Budd and Herschel Walkerhttps://t.co/7MzqX7s3dJ pic.twitter.com/wq2lN96cDb
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) August 30, 2022
The Washington Times reported:
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.
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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?
