McConnell shoots back at McGrath's leadership digs at Kentucky debate: "Look I know how to make deals"

Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath tried to slam Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for not being a leader as they both took shots at the other along partisan lines at their first and possibly only debate on Monday night. In the primary this year, McGrath faced a mounting challenge from Kentucky state Representative Charles Booker who entered the race late but galvanized support by showing up to racial justice protests with folks who wanted a more liberal candidate than McGrath.In primary ads against her, Booker said Kentucky needed "a real Democrat" who would  "not just help Trump get his way." McGrath has tried to play to the center of the party since launching her Senate campaign. She said in an interview last summer during the week she launched that she would have supported the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court but then walked back the statement later after "further reflection and understanding."A recent Quinnipiac poll found McConnell leading McGrath 53% to 41%, and the most important issues in the race according to voters there were the economy at 26%, followed by law and order at 20% and health care at 13%.McConnell's campaign in recent weeks has aired television ads calling McGrath an extremist liberal and pairing her image side by side with Pelosi and Senator Kamala Harris, the running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.