McConnell to give carpet comments as part of GOP convention

Leader of the First Chamber Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell to give keynote remarks as part of GOP convention Schumer on the filibuster’s nothing: ‘Nothing’s off the table’ McGrath challenges McConnell to three debates MORE (R-Ky.) Will give carpentry remarks next week as part of the Republican National Convention, his campaign confirmed.

The announcement comes after his campaign initially indicated on Thursday that he would not speak as part of the convention. But Katharine Cooksey, a spokeswoman for McConnell’s campaign, said this was a ‘miscommunication’ and that the GOP leader would submit carpet comments.

The Republican convention is set to begin on Monday and run through the following Thursday. While meetings will take place in Charlotte, NC, most pream-time games are expected to be virtual, similar to the Democratic convention.

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McConnell, 78, is running for his seventh term. After years of facing warnings by the party’s base, he has received praise from conservatives during the Trump administration by focusing on confirming judges at a record-breaking pace.

In addition to his own race – which some polls suggest could be tough, although McConnell remains the favorite – he also fights to stick to his Senate majority, where Republicans have a 53-47 margin. To take back the Senate Democrats requires either a net gain of three seats and to win the White House as a net gain for four seats for a direct majority.

Republicans believe they will pick up a place in Alabama, where Democrats sen. Doug Jones (Ala.) Fights for his political life, and complicates the path of the Democrats.

But Republicans also play defense in a growing number of states, including Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Montana and North Carolina, where GOP senators are on the ballot.

McConnell warned earlier this month that Senate scrutiny in November “could go either way.”

“What I would tell you is that this is a tough fighter,” he told Fox News, adding that there were about eight Senate races he would compare to “fighting a knife in an alley.”