The top Republican in the Senate isn't concerned about the state of America's democracy as the 2022 November midterms approach.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday there is "very little election fraud," though it "happens ocassionally," further distancing himself from a powerful adversary, fellow Republican Donald Trump, whose post-presidency has been characterized by insistent but false claims of a rigged and stolen election in 2020, when he lost to Joe Biden after serving one term.
Speaking at the Scott County Chamber of Commerce in Georgetown, Ky., McConnell also acknowledged that the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, by a mob of Trump supporters hoping to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power has raised questions about the strength of democracy in the U.S.
"I do think it's an important issue," McConnell said of threats to free and fair elections, which began after Election Day and culminated on Jan. 6. "There were those who were trying to prevent the orderly transfer of power for the first time in American history and that was not good."
But the fact that attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election were "thwarted" shows that the country's political system is strong, McConnell said, according to NBC News.
"Look, I think we have a very solid democracy," McConnell said. "I don't think of the things that we need to worry about, I wouldn't be worried about that one."
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