In a visit to Kentucky’s fourth-most populous city of Owensboro, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warned that Democrats could add four new Democratic senators if the filibuster is removed and Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., achieve statehood.

His comments came at a luncheon in his honor on Tuesday.

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