Article snippet: Majority Leader MORE’s (D-N.Y.) ambitious plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions. “We’ve got five credible candidates for president in the Senate signed up for the Green New Deal and Medicare for none. If we can’t make that case, we ought to go into another line of work,” he said. McConnell argues that will be the key to reversing the drop in support among women and college graduates that hurt Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections, when Democrats won back the House and captured GOP-held Senate seats in Arizona and Nevada. He said Republicans lost races last year because “we got crushed in the suburbs.” “We lost college graduates and women in the suburbs, which led in the House to loses in suburban Kansas City; Oklahoma City; Houston; Dallas; Atlanta; Charleston, South Carolina,” McConnell said. “We’re determined not to lose women, certainly not by 19 points, and college graduates in our Senate races. And I don’t think we will.” McConnell said Republicans “have to correct what was clearly on full display in ’18." The best strategy, he said, is for candidates to position themselves in contrast to liberal Democrats running for president. “I think that’s correctable by Republican Senate candidates,” he added. “I think it’s essential to correct it in the places I mentioned and probably other places as well." “There’s no good reason for your typical suburban resident to be frightened by this Republican Senate,” he said. “I think we’re the safeguard or, put another w... Link to the full article to read more
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