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McConnell Gives Strongest Statement Yet In Trump's Favor

Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made his strongest statement yet in favor of his party's presidential nominee, telling supporters in his home state that "we need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America."

McConnell, who has warned repeatedly that Republicans could lose control of the Senate this year, has been silent on Trump in recent weeks as he has come under fire for his statements about women and his claims that the election is rigged against him. McConnell even told a group of business leaders at a recent speech that if they wanted to hear him discuss Trump, they "might as well go ahead and leave."

In Georgetown on Wednesday night, McConnell said "if America votes like Kentucky, we'll be fine."