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Why Republican Candidates Can’t Flip U.S. Senate

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi says Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate in PA, AZ, GA, WI and OH are not quite ... qualified

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Why Republican Candidates Can’t Flip U.S. Senate

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi says Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate in PA, AZ, GA, WI and OH are not quite ... qualified

BY Ali Velshi

Aug. 30, 2022

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As the midterms approach, the primaries are producing a pool of Republican Senate candidates who are not quite up to snuff. And that’s coming directly from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. He’s tempering expectations of a red wave or at least a Republican takeover of the Senate in November.

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi takes a look at some of the candidates who might be weighing on McConnell’s mind. They just happen to be running for seats in the highly competitive states of Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio.

Listen to Velshi’s commentary below.

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