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@mkraju
May 8 • 10 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
News -- McConnell on Senate map and engaging in primaries
- Sees four states as key: OH, MT,
WV and PA (wants McCormick in)
- Still assessing WI, NV
- Likely to wait until after AZ primary to decide whether to spend there
- Doesn't see Sinema joining Rs
cnn.com/2023/05/08/pol…
“No, no -- I'm not," McConnell said with a laugh when asked if he were confident they'd take back the majority next year. "I just spent 10 minutes explaining to you how we could screw this up, and we're working very hard to not let that happen. Let's put it that way."
On Sinema flipping to GOP: “I think that decision was made when she ended up continuing to caucus with the Democrats. We would love to have had her, but we didn't land her."
On if he’d be OK with Trump as nominee: “Look, I’m going to support the nominee of our party for president, no matter who that may be.”

“Whether you are a Trump fan or a Trump opponent, I can’t imagine Trump if he’s the nominee not doing well in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio.”
On his group’s primary involvement: “We'll be involved in any primary where that seems to be necessary to get a high-quality candidate, and we'll be involved in every general election where we have a legitimate shot of winning -- regardless of the philosophy of the nominee.”
“Both of them are very skilled," McConnell said of Cruz and Scott, characterizing Democratic efforts to beat them as "really long shots." Democrats, he argued, "don't have much hope there.”
On Kari Lake and possible Senate run: “What I care about in November is winning and having an 'R' by your name, and I think it is way too early to start assessing various candidacies that may or may not materialize.”
On his future: “I thought this was not an interview about my future," he said. "I thought it was an interview about the 2024 Senate elections."
Asked if he were concerned about a Matt Rosendale candidacy in #mtsen, McConnell said: “Yeah, I don’t have anything further to say about Montana. We’re going to compete in Montana and win in November.”
GOP still hopes Rep Mike Gallagher runs in #wisen. He told me last month he hadn’t focused on a possible run yet. "I'd never conceived of this as a long-term thing," Gallagher said of serving on Hill. “I'm going to weigh all those factors and see where I can make the best impact”

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May 10
More GOP calls for George Santos to resign.
GOP Rep. Steve Womack told me “absolutely” that it would be better if George Santos resigned.
 
“We we don't need these distractions. That's the unfortunate thing,” Womack said. “This has been going on now since we took the majority.”
Womack added: “Frankly I would have hoped along the way that Mr. Santos would have done what I believe was the right thing, and of course, if leadership forces action, but for him to do it on his own.”
GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke said Santos should step aside if the charges are true — and he called on the House Ethics Committee to “act on it now.” Zinke said if the panel’s “determination is expel, absolutely on board.”
 
“I'm surprised he's still here,” Zinke said of the Santos.
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May 4
“I hope that Chief Justice Roberts reads this story this morning and understands something has to be done,” Dick Durbin told us of ProPublica story. “The reputation of the Supreme Court is at stake here. ..His reputation as a leader of this court is really an issue as well.”
Durbin didn’t think it rose to a DOJ probe. And he said that Feinstein’s absence makes moving ahead on ethics legislation more difficult.

“It's difficult, particularly because the Republicans have basically taken the position that they are opposed to this.”
But Blumenthal called for a DOJ probe while reiterating calls for subpoenas to Thomas and for him to testify under oath.

“The drip, drip, drip of these destructive disclosures is going to destroy the United States Supreme Court unless there is an effective proper investigation”
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May 1
Despite the new warning that a US debt default could occur on June 1, there is no movement in the Senate

Senate Republicans said there should be no deal without McCarthy’s blessing and Dems insisted there should be no spending cuts tied to debt ceiling — a chief McCarthy demand.
Thune told me there isn’t a scenario where the Senate GOP would cut a deal with Democrats without consent from McCarthy.

“This deal has got to be between Biden and McCarthy. There’s no other way that something gets 60 votes in the Senate.”
Other GOP senators echoed that point.

GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer: “I think Senate Republicans are pretty convinced that this is between the speaker and the president. Without them there’s nothing to talk about.”
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Apr 20
Marjorie Taylor Greene told me she was “surprised and angered” when Chairman Mark Green effectively silenced her at a hearing after she called Mayorkas “a liar.” She already spoke to McCarthy who told her he backs her up.

“He agreed with me,” Greene said of McCarthy.
MTG also said McCarthy would never agree to pulling her off the committee.

“Speaker McCarthy is never going to let that happen,” she said.
“Bennie Thompson had a big win on him yesterday. That's unfortunate,” MTG said of Green
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Mar 7
Some pushback from GOP senators this AM after McCarthy gave Tucker Carlson J6 footage and the Fox host sought to downplay attack. “To somehow put that in the same category as a permitted peaceful protest is just a lie,” Sen. Kevin Cramer told me.
“I think it’s bullshit,” Thom Tillis told me of how Tucker Carlson portrayed the events and he also criticized how other violent demonstrations have been portrayed in press.
On J6, Tillis said: “And I saw maybe a few tourists, a few people who got caught up and things…
“But when you see police barricades breached, when you see police officers assaulted, all of that … If you were just a tourist you should have probably lined up at the Visitor Center and came in on an orderly basis. I just don't think it's helpful,” he said
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Feb 9
Sen. Mitt Romney, leaving a classified briefing on China, told us he believes the US made the right decision to wait and shoot down the suspected spy balloon — breaking with most Republicans.
“I believe that the administration, the president, our military and intelligence agencies, acted skillfully and with care. At the same time, their capabilities are extraordinarily impressive,” Romney said.
“Was everything done 100% correctly? I can't imagine that would be the case of almost anything we do. But I came away more confident,” Romney said.

Asked him if he agreed with their decision to wait to shoot down the balloon, and he said: “Yes.”
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