McConnell Remarks On Election Results, Senate Republican Majority
‘They maintained a Republican majority in the House. They created a decisive Republican majority in the Senate. And by a wide margin, they put the White House in Republican hands once again. The nation surveyed its problems and decided that Republicans were equipped to put the ship of state back on the right track.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the 2024 election:
“A week ago today, the American people stood to be counted. They lined up to make their voices heard. And the message they sent was resoundingly clear.
“Four years ago, they watched Washington Democrats take an economy that was primed for recovery and douse it in reckless taxing and inflationary spending.
“Over four years, they watched consumer prices rise more than 20 percent.
“As they made tough choices at the grocery store and felt the pain at the gas pump, they watched Washington Democrats deflect blame for the worst inflation in four decades.
“And last Tuesday, they said enough was enough.
“Four years ago, they watched Washington Democrats campaign on slashing ICE and halting construction of physical barriers along the southern border.
“Month by month, they watched as this unseriousness and willful neglect turned into the worst humanitarian and security crisis at the border on record.
“And last Tuesday, they said enough was enough.
“Four years ago, they watched Washington Democrats campaign on defunding the police and going soft on crime.
“In cities across America, their fears of unchecked violent crime were proven justified.
“And last Tuesday, they said enough was enough.
“Last week, American voters were desperate for leaders who could deliver safe streets, secure borders, stable prices, and strength abroad. So they chose to hire Republicans.
“They maintained a Republican majority in the House. They created a decisive Republican majority in the Senate. And by a wide margin, they put the White House in Republican hands once again.
“The nation surveyed its problems and decided that Republicans were equipped to put the ship of state back on the right track.
“Thus far, I’ve been encouraged by the lack of baseless speculation that Tuesday’s decisive result was influenced in any way by foreign interference. Washington Democrats appear to recognize that they’re on the losing side of a legitimate, crystal clear mandate.
“Here in the Senate, I hope they’ll work with the new Senate Republican majority as we begin to clean up the messes left over from the past four years.”
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