McConnell's motivation is simple: He doesn't like Donald Trump, and doesn't like the direction Trump has taken the Republican Party.
If a second Trump term or another America First presidency is going to succeed, then having new faces in the Senate who will understand and defend the president's platform, instead of undermining it, is critical.
Above all, the Arizona race is a test: A test of whether a candidate can run, proudly, in a swing state, on President Trump's revolutionary America-first platform and take home a victory.
McConnell is taking advantage of President Trump's hesitancy to try and sabotage the odds of a MAGA candidate being elected.
A Politico article published Thursday highlighted his likely thought process: "If Trump is planning to run for president - which all signs point to, he is - the most important thing should be to elect more people to the Senate who share his worldview," one Trumpworld adviser said.
If Ducey enters the race, it will certainly not be as an ideological or political ally of President Trump.
In the short term, he would increase the odds of Democrats winning the seat since thousands of Trump supporters haven't forgiven him over 2020, and Trump himself said last July that "There is no way he would get my endorsement" if he ran.
https://www.revolver.news/2022/01/its-a-ducey-in-arizona-trump-mcconnell-2022-senate-race/
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