A Republican group is ramping up pressure on Senate Majority Leader(R-Ky.) to take up election security legislation ahead of 2020.

The 60-second ad from Republicans for the Rule of Law opens with McConnell coming to the floor last month to block requests from Democratic senators to pass election security bills by unanimous consent. McConnell has defended his decision, arguing that the two bills were partisan and that the Trump administration had stepped up its efforts to secure elections ahead of the 2018 midterms.

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"The facts are that this administration has made huge strides on election security and are vigilant and proactive as we head into 2020," McConnell says from the Senate floor in the ad.

"Call senator McConnell and tell him America is relying on you to let Congress do its job and secure our elections," the ad's narrator says.