Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Republicans underperformed in the 2022 midterms because of many reasons, including Democrats’ candidate quality, the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion, and voter response to former President Donald Trump’s role in the party.
Eko Hot Blog reports that she said “We had some incredible candidates in the Senate and the House. Secondly, when you have a situation that defies the tides of history, it’s got to be something monumental going on and in this case, it was a rejection of the orthodoxy of the Republican’s position. You have so many of their candidates, basically, wanting an abortion ban put in place.”
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“And finally, democracy was on the line. If the Republican Party wants to keep allowing Donald Trump to pick their candidates, you’re gonna see the kind of results that you’re seeing in red states, blue states and purple states,” she added.
She also said a major priority for her and her colleagues is to pass the Electoral Count Act during the lame-duck session.
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“In Washington, we have a bunch of things on our plate, including getting the defense bill done with Ukraine right before us and the strides that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making against Russia President Vladimir Putin. On our plate is the end-of-the-year budget bill to make sure we get that right. As you know, the Electoral Count Act, an effort that I’m leading with Susan Collins and Joe Manchin and others, so we don’t have Jan. 6 happen again. All of that is immediately when we get back.”
SOURCE: BBC
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