McConnell Rips Trump’s “Stupid” Call For Shutdown

Mediaite reports:

GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and told the press that he would do whatever it takes to avoid a government shutdown, arguing that “It would be politically beyond stupid” for the Republicans to do so ahead of the election.

McConnell’s remarks are a sharp break with former President Donald Trump who posted a message to his fellow Republicans last week, urging members of his party in Congress to shut down the federal government unless they get “assurances” his roundly debunked claims of voter fraud will not happen.

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MCCONNELL: “The one thing you cannot have is a government shutdown. It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election, because certainly we’d get the blame.” pic.twitter.com/EUH0tnG1fb

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