Ronna McDaniel, the new chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, said Wednesday the party is already eyeing the 2018 Senate map as Democrats throw up roadblocks on Capitol Hill.
“We have a great opportunity with the Senate. And we’re seeing what’s happening in Washington right now with Democrats obstructing every possible thing the president puts forward,” Ms. McDaniel, the niece of 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, said on “Fox & Friends.”
“They are keeping him from putting Cabinet members in place. Now they’re threatening to filibuster the Supreme Court. So now we’re going to go to the Senate map in 2018 and say guess what? We need to get to 60 seats so we don’t have to deal with this anymore and government can function,” she said.
Republicans currently hold an effective 52-48 majority in the Senate, but there are a number of Democratic senators up for re-election in 2018 in states carried by President Trump.
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