McConnell Warns: ‘Polit­i­cal­ly Beyond Stu­pid’ To Allow Shut­down Before Elec­tion

Sen­ate Minor­i­ty Leader Mitch McConnell (R‑KY) said on Tues­day that it would be “polit­i­cal­ly beyond stu­pid” if a gov­ern­ment shut­down is allowed to hap­pen before the 2024 elec­tion, sug­gest­ing that Repub­li­cans would suf­fer more than Democ­rats when vot­ers head to the polls.
With a dead­line com­ing up at the end of the month, House Speak­er Mike John­son (R‑LA) and Sen­ate Major­i­ty Leader Chuck Schumer (D‑NY) appear to be at odds on what form a con­tin­u­ing res­o­lu­tion (CR) takes, but McConnell refused to make a stand when pressed by a reporter.

.@LeaderMcConnell: “The one you can­not have is a gov­ern­ment shut­down. It would be polit­i­cal­ly beyond stu­pid for us to do that right before the elec …