Republicans reject Stacey Abrams-endorsed elections bill proposal from Manchin: 'Totally inappropriate'

Senate Republicans Thursday said that they have no intention of supporting Sen. Joe Manchin's proposal for elections legislation, which was intended to be a possible bipartisan compromise in lieu of Democrats' controversial elections proposal S.1. 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Thursday that he hopes "all Republicans" will oppose the proposal from Manchin, the senior senator from West Virginia, at a press conference that was designed to show Republican unity against S.1.

"It still turns the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from a judge into a prosecutor by taking away the three-three balance and making it 3-2 Democratic," McConnell said.