Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning Republicans that they may not regain management over the Senate after subsequent yr’s election regardless of a really favorable map.
McConnell instructed CNN he’s focusing on 4 Democratic-held seats he believes the GOP might flip in 2024: Montana, West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
That may give his celebration management over the Senate ― however McConnell was blunt when requested if he’s assured they’ll pull it off.
“No, no – I’m not,” he mentioned with fun, in accordance with CNN. “I simply spent 10 minutes explaining to you the way we might screw this up, and we’re working very exhausting to not let that occur. Let’s put it that method.”
Together with these 4 states, McConnell mentioned Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona is also in play, however mentioned candidate high quality might undermine his celebration’s ambitions.
McConnell warned of that very same problem final summer time when some analysts predicated that the Republicans might regain each the Home and Senate.
He mentioned in August the GOP might take the Home, however the Senate could be one other story.
“Senate races are simply totally different — they’re statewide,” he mentioned, in accordance with NBC Information. “Candidate high quality has lots to do with the end result.”
Whereas he didn’t point out Donald Trump on the time, that was perceived as a dig on the former president’s hand-picked candidates, a lot of whom would go on to lose because the GOP narrowly took the Home however not the Senate, simply as McConnell predicted.
Regardless of his issues with Trump ― and regardless of blaming Trump for the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol ― McConnell instructed CNN he would help him if the previous president is the Republican candidate subsequent yr.
“Look, I’m going to help the nominee of our celebration for president, irrespective of who that could be,” he mentioned.
Learn the complete interview right here.