Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said that Republicans’ strategy “isn’t working” after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was again elected leader of the Senate GOP.
“I think Sen. McConnell’s view is that [former President Donald] Trump is largely to blame” for the party’s poor midterm showing, Hawley said. “That Republicans have an image problem with Trump. I don’t agree with that.”
“I think that frankly, that lets the party off too easy. I think that Republican-leaning independents, that is, people who don’t like [President] Joe Biden but don’t identify as Republicans. I think they look at this party and they’re like, ‘Man, I don’t think they’re doing it for me,’” the Missouri senator said. “That’s why they stayed home.”…