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ABORT ABORTION BANS!
Mitch McConnell Is Begging The GOP To Shut Up About Abortion
Polls indicate the overturning of Roe V. Wade is very bad for Republican prospects in the upcoming midterm election.
Historical midterm trends suggest the GOP has the advantage, but Democratic candidates are surging thanks to a summer of big Biden Administration legislative victories, as well as Republican primaries choosing potentially unelectable, crazy candidates.
On no issue are Republicans more out of step with public opinion than abortion, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reportedly begging GOP Congressional candidates to shut up about women’s rights, autonomy, and anatomy until the election.
McConnell was recorded this weekend accidentally ranting about his midterm woes on a hot mic during a Senate luncheon event. The following is a transcript of what he said:
“Our primary voters have f*cked us, John [Thune, Senator of SD]. They’re all idiots. Dumb, politically ignorant, strategically useless idiots! Every election this happens. The projections look great in the spring, we get excited, and then the summer primary season rolls around and our moron voters elect a bunch of racists, pedophiles, secretly gay…
