McConnell calls Tillis retirement 'big setback' for Senate GOP

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Monday called Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-N.C.) surprise announcement that he will not run for reelection a “big setback” for Senate Republicans, as political handicappers now think Democrats have a better chance of flipping the North Carolina Senate seat. McConnell posted on X, the social media platform, that...