Mitch McConnell Takes Aim at 2020 Democrat Presidential Candidates

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is jabbing the Democratic candidates for president, saying their health insurance proposals would hurt business owners. At a speech in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday during a conference for the Distilled Spirits Council, McConnell said he’s “never seen a Democratic party like we’re confronted with today.” He said even the centrist Democrat candidates who support a “public option” are supporting government-based insurance. He said he is “hoping the Senate will still be in Republican hands after this election.” McConnell said that any public option or “Medicare for All” proposal would not make it through the Senate.