Morning Digest: McConnell swallows hard and makes his peace with Trump's MAGA favorite in Georgia
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. LeadMorning Digest: McConnell swallows hard and makes his peace with Trump's MAGA favorite in Georgia
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● GA-Sen: Mitch McConnell on Wednesday endorsed former NFL player Herschel Walker, the Trump-backed candidate the minority leader reportedly feared just months ago would jeopardize Team Red's chances against Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. McConnell, though, delivered his establishment stamp of approval to Walker this week by proclaiming, «Herschel is the only one who can unite the party, defeat Senator Warnock, and help us take back the Senate.» Walker is the first non-incumbent that McConnell has endorsed in a primary this cycle. Back in August, CNN reported that McConnell was one of several Republicans who fretted that Walker, who still had yet to move back to Georgia from Texas, «would implode» on the campaign trail. Walker's detractors feared that the first-time candidate couldn't run a serious campaign, and they also grew especially wary after the Associated Press reported that his ex-wife had accused him of threatening to kill her in 2005. McConnell, CNN said, was meeting with some of Walker's primary foes and even hoping that either former Sens. David Perdue or Kelly Loeffler, who each lost in this January's runoffs, would run. Read more