Democrats look to demonize GOP leader
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Democrats look to demonize GOP leader
By Alexander Bolton - 07/09/19 06:00 AM EDT
Democrats want to flip the script on Republicans by using Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the poster boy for next year’s congressional elections.
They think they can use the self-described “Grim Reaper” in swing races in the same way Republicans have demonized Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in previous election years.
McConnell has often flown below the public’s radar with his low-key demeanor, but after two bruising Supreme Court fights over the past three years and the recent accumulation of House-passed bills going nowhere in the Senate, Democrats say using McConnell as a rallying banner can be part of a winning strategy.
“You’ve seen the polls, his numbers are in the tank. I think it can be effective,” Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), a former chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said of tying Republican Senate candidates to McConnell next year.
McConnell’s approval rating is the lowest of any congressional leader, standing at only 25 percent, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey published earlier this year, and 36 percent in his home state of Kentucky, according to a Morning Consult survey conducted during the first quarter of 2019.
Democrats argue McConnell has largely shut down legislative activity in the Senate, and that point should be raised as an argument against GOP incumbents like Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Cory Gardner (Colo.) and Thom Tillis (N.C.), who have tried to cultivate independent brands ahead of their 2020 races.
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