Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday downplayed his party's chances of regaining control of the Senate in November and criticized threats and acts of violence toward law enforcement.
McConnell offers rebuke of violence toward FBI, law enforcement"I think attacks on law enforcement agencies is completely unacceptable," McConnell told reporters during a visit to Greater Cincinnati on Thursday.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Republicans odds of taking the House were higher than their chances of prevailing in the Senate in the midterms. McConnell declined to comment on the search."I've been following, like everyone else, the events in various courts and until we reach some conclusion, I really don't have anything to add," he said.Thursday about whether to unseal the affidavit that justified the unprecedented search of the former president’s estate.
Ricky Shiffer, 42, tried last week to breach the visitor screening area of the field office, police said, before leading officers on a chase north on Interstate 71. Shiffer was shot and killed by authorities in Clinton County after a standoff that lasted hours, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
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