Responding to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) abrupt decision on Tuesday to cancel most of the Senate’s August recess, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said in an interview with the Washington Post on Wednesday that the move clearly shows McConnell is “scared to death” that the GOP might lose control of the Senate in November.
“McConnell doesn’t want the PR nightmare of dozens of negative town halls in August.”
—Sam Quigley, Patriotic Millionaires
“It’s very clear, I think everybody knows why he’s doing it. He is scared to death… that Republicans might lose control over the Senate,” Sanders said. “Given the fact that there are a lot more Democratic incumbents [up for reelection] in the Senate than Republicans… he wants to keep Democrats in Washington rather than campaigning. I think, you know, that’s pretty petty. But that’s the way it is.”
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