north carolina and ohio. though notes that he is watching very closely a potential problem in missouri. republican candidate there that republicans are nervous about. the former governor could arise from that race. mcconnell is not ruling out the idea of engaging in that primary if it turns haywire. what he is warning about is the talking about what happens in the happened in the 2020 elections. donald trump has used the his lie that the election stolen as a litmus test to get republican candidates to agree with them in order to give him their endorsement. but when talk ing about republican candidates who are embracing that election falsehood, mcconnell had this warning. he said it s important for candidates to remember, we need to respect the results of our democratic process unless the court system demonstrates that some significant fraud occurred that would change the outcome. now he also is discounting the impact that the fight in congress over expanding voting rights that we v