Inside the ’22 Blame Game

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Senator Rick Scott and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Photo: Tom Williams/Getty Images
Tara Palmeri
&
Theodore Schleifer
September 26, 2022

With just six weeks until the midterm elections, Puck reporters Tara Palmeri and Teddy Schleifer exchanged notes on the ThielMcConnell standoff in Arizona, the Pelosi succession chatter in D.C., Kamala Harris’s weak hand in California, and what’s next in the TrumpDeSantis grudge match. The following has been edited for length and clarity.