Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
  • Democrats will soon have to decide whether to back a Democrat or Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona.
  • So far, Democratic senators are saying it's too early to make that decision.
  • McConnell, a friend of Sinema, gloated about the situation at a press conference on Tuesday.

Democrats are facing down a tough decision in Arizona, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is having fun with it.

Asked at his weekly press conference on Tuesday whether he wants Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona — who's built a strong relationship with McConnell — to run for re-election, he said it was "really her decision."