Mitch McConnell on endorsing Trump, battling Obama and playing 'the long game'
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who learned an early lesson about the value of patience and persistence during a childhood bout with polio, has some advice for Republicans alarmed about the prospect of having presidential candidate Donald Trump at the top of the ticket and in the White House.
Relax.
"Some people have said our nominee is too controversial and that will cause you problems," McConnell acknowledged in an interview about his memoir, The Long Game, being published Tuesday by Sentinel. "But by the way, the Democratic nominee is pretty controversial, too. The negatives on both these candidates at the moment are stunningly high." By Election Day, he says dryly, "It'll be interesting to see whose negatives are the highest."
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Boy, McConnell blew that one. His decision to block Obama not only infuriated the black community, it lined up as many as three picks for Hillary to make, if she wins the Presidency.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who learned an early lesson about the value of patience and persistence during a childhood bout with polio, has some advice for Republicans alarmed about the prospect of having presidential candidate Donald Trump at the top of the ticket and in the White House.
Relax.
"Some people have said our nominee is too controversial and that will cause you problems," McConnell acknowledged in an interview about his memoir, The Long Game, being published Tuesday by Sentinel. "But by the way, the Democratic nominee is pretty controversial, too. The negatives on both these candidates at the moment are stunningly high." By Election Day, he says dryly, "It'll be interesting to see whose negatives are the highest."
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Boy, McConnell blew that one. His decision to block Obama not only infuriated the black community, it lined up as many as three picks for Hillary to make, if she wins the Presidency.
