Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
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McConnell, who is known for being cramped with reporters in the Capitol corridor, declined to comment on questions about the former president’s comments.
McConnell asked at length about Trump’s comments or if he had anything he ‘would like to say’. He will probably answer questions again on Tuesday when he holds his weekly news conference.
During a speech on Saturday to members of the Republican National Committee (RNC) in the former president’s private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump dismissed McConnell because the minority leader did not drop the 2020 presidential election results in Congress did not support.
‘If it was Schumer instead of this dumb son of a bitch Mitch McConnell, they would never have allowed that to happen. They would have fought it, “Trump told The RNC members, according to The Washington Post, referring to the Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer
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Trump, according to the Post, also called McConnell a “stone-cold loser.”
Trump and McConnell were a close ally for most of his presidency despite their 180-degree stylistic differences, with Trump known for being brutal and clumsy and McConnell publicly reserved and strategic. Trump has publicly praised McConnell, especially for his work on confirming judicial nominees, and McConnell has begun to weigh in on some of the former president’s biggest controversies.
But a massive rift opened between the two after Trump falsely claimed that the 2020 election was ‘directed’ and ‘stolen’ from him.
McConnell, who waited until Dec. 15, the day after the Electoral College certified President Biden
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Although he voted to acquit Trump during the indictment earlier this year, he also described himself as ‘morally responsible’ for the January 6 attack in which a crowd of Trump supporters violated the Capitol.
McConnell ignored Trump’s direct mention or criticism as their uproar raised concerns about a GOP civil war in the 2022 election, when the party hopes to win back the Senate.
The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Handed over a new award to Trump this past weekend that described the campaign as intended for ‘conservative leaders who worked tirelessly to create good jobs,’ protect the values that make our country great, and stop the Democrats’ socialist agenda. ”
Scott said Monday that he gave the award to Trump on Friday before Trump fought the GOP leader of the Senate.
Asked about Trump’s remarks about McConnell, Scott said: “I think he’s one of the smartest SOBs I know.”
Other IDP senators also urged the two to discuss their differences and focus on the party and the next election cycle.
“I think he ventured into a bunch of donors, and, you know, I think that in the end, what they both need to focus on is how to win back the majority of the Senate,” Sen. said. John Thune
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Thune added that the future of the relationship was “difficult to predict”, but that “hopefully there will be a ceasefire.”
“I think it’s in everyone’s best interest, I think to include the former president if he wants to continue to remain politically viable, to help us win the majority in 2022, and that means working with the Republicans of to work the Senate, not against them, “Thune said.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Who supported Trump during the 2020 election, said Republicans had “enough problems without fighting within ourselves.”
“Sometimes people get into fights, you know among themselves, and then you bring down your whole team. So that’s just the way I think about it. … We don’t have to fight between teammates,” Tuberville said.