{"id":134106,"date":"2021-02-15T14:52:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=134106"},"modified":"2021-02-15T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:58:07","slug":"top-republican-senators-weigh-in-on-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-senators-weigh-in-on-midterm-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Republican senators weigh in on midterm elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-republican-senators-weigh-in-on-midterm-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=134106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2372254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2372254\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2372254 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21043600656212-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., waits for a Senate subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, on the fourth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2372254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., waits for a Senate subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, on the fourth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:52 AM PT \u2013 Monday, February 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he\u2019s backing candidates who can win in the midterms. In a Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/14\/mcconnells-next-chapter-guiding-the-post-trump-gop-469014\">interview<\/a> Saturday, the Kentucky lawmaker said his goal in every way possible is to have nominees representing the Republican Party who can win.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come as four Senate Republicans announced their plans to retire in 2022 instead of seeking reelection. McConnell went on to say the only thing he cares about is electability, regardless of whether the candidate is backed by President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>However, it seems the 45th president remains a driving force among the GOP. Several Republicans that have launched Senate bids have been quick to highlight their ties with President Trump. This includes Senate candidate and former North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In North Carolina, Chuck Schumer doesn\u2019t get to pick the next Senator, the people do.<\/p>\n<p>We are building a statewide team of strong conservatives. Together, we\u2019ll take back the Senate and show Washington that the people still have a voice.<\/p>\n<p>Join our journey\u27a1\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vcxqFDnEdU\">https:\/\/t.co\/vcxqFDnEdU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xiQd9P8ok5\">pic.twitter.com\/xiQd9P8ok5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Walker (@RepMarkWalker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMarkWalker\/status\/1357715390474969089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Walker has recently received high praise from the White House after challenging Joe Biden\u2019s win in Pennsylvania. He\u2019s looking to unseat Sen. Richard Burr in the midterms after he voted to convict President Trump in the failed impeachment attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Walker has insisted North Carolina needs a real conservative in the U.S. Senate. However, his ties to President Trump could be overshadowed by speculations daughter-in-law Lara Trump is eyeing the seat.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Burr\u2019s vote to convict the President have made Lara \u201cthe almost certain nominee\u201d for the Senate seat. The South Carolina lawmaker added, he\u2019ll back Lara and said \u201cTrump-plus is the way back in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/senate-acquits-president-trump-57-43\/\">Senate acquits President Trump 57-43<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181174,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21043600656212-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Top Republican senators weigh in on midterm elections","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21043600656212-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Top Republican senators weigh in on midterm elections","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}