McConnell warns control of the Senate is 'absolutely' in play in midterm elections

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

McConnell warns control of the Senate is ‘absolutely’ in play in midterm elections

By Sean Sullivan and Seung Min Kim May 17 at 1:51 PM

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned Thursday that control of the Senate is “absolutely” in play in the midterm elections, identifying the nine battleground states he believes will decide the outcome in November.

In an interview with The Washington Post, McConnell also confidently predicted that the government will not shut down in September just weeks before the midterms, despite recent agitation from President Trump that there will be “no choice” but to shutter the government in September if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall.

“I always think it’s better to be candid and not try to spin people into thinking this isn’t going to be a challenging election,” McConnell said in the Thursday morning interview. “I think the safest place to be is just to say that this is going to be a very challenging election, and I don’t think we know in May . . . whether it’s Category 3, 4 or 5.”

McConnell’s comments about the midterms mark the latest alarms he has sounded about the prospect that Republicans could lose their House and Senate majorities this fall. Both are “absolutely” in play, he said. Trump’s low approval, an energized Democratic base and the struggles a president’s party historically experiences in his first midterm have concerned GOP strategists.

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[vercetti2021]

1. Good...Good

Grind these fuckers into dust this November. Sweep both legislators, state houses and legislators too. Retake our country from these traitors.

GOTV! BlueWave2018

Doing my part down here in Texas, going to be canvassing soon for Beto O'Rourke. I think he'll beat Rafael Cruz.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. He says that like it's a bad thing

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Well, I hope SO . . . . . .

[Le Gaucher]

4. From your turtle mouth to God's ear

[3Hotdogs]

5. Real? Or a "get out the slugs" effort for election day?

[Honeycombe8]

7. Those statements are to get out the Repig vote.

The Senate is technically in play, I've read, and Dems may pick up seats, but it's a longshot that they could take over the Senate. Still, we can give that longshot a try! Even a left-leaning Independent, if no Dem is running or if no Dem can win in that state. The Dem Party has been known to back a left-leaning Indie, if it's too unlikely for a Dem to win.

[Sherman A1]

6. Duh

Is Mitch just figuring this out or are we playing the doom and gloom card to get donations?