there are coattails from president trump, they re going to go downward into senator mcconnell s column. and even if senator mcconnell doesn t perform at president trump s level in kentucky, which, i think you have to test that theory. it certainly will not be at a margin of 30%. let s go to kansas, if we can. how viable is that candidacy for kovak? he lost when he ran for governor to a democrat in that state. is kovak a viable candidate? i think a lot of republicans are going to make sure he s not the candidate. mitch mcconnell suggesting, hey, suggesting that there s not going to be money from the senate representation to help him out. even mcconnell s super pac suggested they might end up trying to attack him if he becomes the nominee or at least a tloehreat to do so. so we re talking about the races in kentucky and also in kansas. to me, this isn t even the real battleground that we re going to see, which is going to end up deciding control of the senate. the democrats, on t
washington. but the bad news is that donald trump won kentucky by 30 points. and even somehow if mitch mcconnell underperforms trump in 2020, it s not going to be by 30 points. maybe, you know, it s by 20 points or so and mitch mcconnell is very unpopular. democrats want to be able to beat him, but, to me, the purpose of having mcgrath run isn t necessarily to defeat mcconnell. it s to make sure he gets an opponent and that you end up trying to tie up republican resources in places like kentucky so democrats can spend elsewhere. mitch mcconnell already responding to this new campaign, this new candidacy of mcgrath. he was ready for it. allies already putting out ads on the area. here s mcconnell only a short time ago. unlike a lot of my members, i actually enjoy campaigning. as you know, i ve had a few of them. and it will be a spirited race, particularly since i ve become leader of my party in the senate. i get more attention than i used to. and i look forward to the contest and