Sen. John Barrasso said that the GOP is aiming to make President Joe Biden a “half-term president” by taking back Congress during next year’s elections.
“Mitch McConnell’s come under a lot of criticism for saying at one point he wanted to make sure that Barack Obama was a one-term president. I want to make Joe Biden a one-half-term president,” the Wyoming Republican said. “And I want to do that by making sure they no longer have the House, Senate, and White House.”
Democrats currently hold a slim nine-vote lead in the House of Representatives, while the Senate is just barely under the party’s control thanks to the tiebreaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris.
The razor-thin Democratic majority has many in the GOP optimistic about their midterm elections prospects, with Barrasso saying he is “looking forward to a very successful 2022.”
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Former President Donald Trump has also, in recent months, turned his attention to the midterm elections, endorsing several candidates that he believes fit his “America first” agenda.
Democrats have meanwhile appeared fractured under the leadership of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with many in the party lashing out over its focus on issues that alienate much of the party’s traditional voters.
“We lost races we shouldn’t have lost. Defund police almost cost me my race because of an attack ad. Don’t say socialism ever again,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger said of the party’s unexpectedly dismal election returns last year, adding that the Democrats need to “get back to basics.”
“If we run this race again, we will get f****** torn apart again in 2022,” Spanberger added.
But Republicans do face headwinds ahead of their 2022 effort to retake the Senate, most notably due to five incumbent Republican senators announcing their plans to retire after this term.
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The GOP will also be forced to defend more seats, with 20 seats currently held by Republicans on the ballot in 2022, compared to 14 Democratic seats.
