Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the Senate Republicans’ the ‘firewall against Nancy Pelosi’s agenda,’ as he was the only Washington leader to look to ‘Central America’ on the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention.
“I am extremely proud of the work that the Republican Senate has done,” McConnell said. “We are the firewall against the agenda of Nancy Pelosi. Like President Trump, we will not be bullied by a liberal media that destroys the institutions of America.”
McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, noted that of the top three congressional leaders – himself, Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York – he is the only one from Central America. ‘
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“Today’s Democratic Party does not want to improve life for Central America,” he said. “They prefer that we all stay quiet in the overland country and they decide how we should live our lives. They want to tell you when you can go to work. If your kids can go to school. They want your job tax out of existence, and then send you a government check for unemployment.
The 78-year-old is currently running for a seventh term against Democrat Amy McGrath, a former naval fighter pilot. Polls have shown that McConnell defeated McGrath by a large margin, although one poll showed that the race intensified.
McConnell is also fighting to retain the Republican-led slim 53-47 majority in the Senate, as Democrats focus on several GOP seats that they believe are competitive. To take back the Senate, Democrats would have to grab three extra seats and win the White House.
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Republicans hope to regain the seat of Alabama by Democratic incumbent Senator Doug Jones, who is considered one of the most vulnerable senators. But Democrats are going to Republican senators in a growing number of states, including Maine, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Montana and North Carolina.
McConnell recently called the Senate fight a “tough fight,” comparing eight Senate races to a “knife fight in an alley.” He explicitly stated that he was against Washington, DC making the country’s 51st state, because “with two more liberal senators, we can not undo the damage they have done.”
“The commitment has never been higher, so I ask you to support Senate Republican candidates across the country and to re-elect my friend, President Donald Trump,” he said.
