Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says if Republicans can win back control of Congress in the 2022 midterms, it would force President Joe Biden into a political corner.

Speaking at an event in his home state of Kentucky, McConnell says Americans will have a “big decision” to make come midterms when control of the House and Senate will be up for grabs.

“Do they really want a moderate administration or not? If the House and Senate were to return to Republican hands that doesn’t mean nothing will get done,” McConnell said.

“What I want you to know is if I become majority leader again it’s not for stopping everything. It’s for stopping the worst. It’s for stopping things that fundamentally push the country into a direction that at least my party feels is not a good idea for the country. I could make sure Biden makes his promise to be a moderate,” he added.

One of the things McConnell would be guaranteed to block from Biden would be a Supreme Court nomination, much like he did with former President Barack Obama and his last nominee, Merrick Garland.

Republicans are confident they can win control of at least one or both chambers of Congress. Democrats will have 14 seats to protect in the Senate compared to the Republicans' 20. Republicans feel their top targets are Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.

The Democrats hold a slim lead of nine seats in the House with all 435 seats up for grabs.

Historically incumbent presidents tend to lose at least one house of Congress after serving their first two years in the White House. It happened to the Clinton, Obama, and Trump administrations. If Biden wants to keep control of Congress he will have to fulfill more of his campaign promises.

If the president wants to hold the progressive base he’ll have to pass a $15 an hour minimum wage bill and sign an executive order canceling a significant amount of student debt -- both of which he promised on the campaign trail.

Biden has also faced criticism from left-wing activists for not doing enough to address climate change or gun control. Failing to fulfill these promises could cost him both the House and Senate.