The Senate minority leader once again lamented the “candidate quality” the GOP put forth in 2022 — and, this time, took a direct shot at Donald Trump, whose standing in the party has waned.
, the National Republican Senatorial Committee chair, bristled at the Kentucky senator’s assessment: “We have great candidates,” heNow, in the wake of a midterm cycle that saw the Democrats expand their Senate majority and’s handpicked candidates mostly lose in key races, McConnell has a message for his party:, “I never said there was a red wave.
“Our ability to control the primary outcome was quite limited in ‘22 because the support of the former president proved to be very decisive in these primaries,” McConnell continued. “So my view was do the best you can with the cards you’re dealt. Now, hopefully, in the next cycle we’ll have quality candidates everywhere and a better outcome.”
McConnell’s unfavorable view of the MAGA losers his party ran in 2022 isn’t exactly a surprise, of course, but his remarks are notable for the more direct blame he’s assigning to Trump. Though the two men have seemingly long viewed one another with contempt, McConnell has been careful not to hit out at the former president — even after Trump suggested McConnell had a
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