Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said it is in the best interest of his party to avoid a government shutdown, adding that it would be “politically beyond stupid” for the GOP to go down this route ahead of the presidential election.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the lower chamber would hold a vote Wednesday on a government funding resolution tied to a voter fraud bill, which appears doomed to fail.
Speaking to reporters inside the U.S. Capitol, McConnell warned that his party would be held responsible in the event that the government shuts down, suggesting Republicans could draw backlash from voters in November.
“My only observation about this whole discussion is the one thing you cannot have is a government shutdown,” he said. “It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election, because certainly we’d get the blame.”
“I’m for whatever avoids a government shutdown and that’ll ultimately end up…