McConnell says Kavanaugh's win is a 'shot of adrenaline' for the GOP

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Saturday predicted the controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation will be a "shot of adrenaline" to get GOP voters to the polls at the midterm elections.

Protest of Kavanaugh "has actually produced an incredible surge of interest among these Republican voters going into the fall election," he told USA Today. "We've all been perplexed about how to get our people as interested as we know the other side is. Well, this has done it."

McConnell was equally cheerful in conversation with The Hill. "Our base is on fire," he said. "I talked to a couple of my political advisers yesterday, and this has been a shot in the arm for us going into the fall election because it underscores the importance of the Senate and our role in personnel, and of course the most important personnel decisions we make are the courts, and particularly the Supreme Court."

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President Trump similarly used Kavanaugh as a campaign issue at a rally in Kansas Saturday night. Watch his comments here.