Senate Republicans point fingers as majority hopes slip

Republicans are playing the blame game as they watch their chances of winning back control of the Senate shrink two months before Election Day.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is citing “candidate quality” as a reason why GOP hopes are fading, an implicit criticism of former President Trump and his support for several controversial GOP candidates who are faltering in polls.

Trump, for his part, for weeks has been setting the stage to blame McConnell if Republicans fail to win back the Senate at a time when they are widely expected to win the House majority.

The finger-pointing goes beyond the nation’s two most powerful Republicans, too.