Donald Trump devoted part of a speech to Republican donors on Saturday night to insulting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. According to several reports about the event with a closed press of $ 400,000 per ticket, the former president called the Kentucky senator “a dumb son of a bitch.”
Trump also said that his vice president, Mike Pence, should have had the “courage” to object on January 6 to the certification of the results of the Electoral College at the American Capitol. Trump claims that his defeat to Joe Biden at 306-232 in the Electoral College and more than 7 million votes were the result of election fraud. It was not and the lie was repeatedly thrown out of court.
Earlier, the Associated Press reported that on January 6, they obtained a timeline of the Pentagon’s events, showing that Pence is demanding that military leadership “clean up the Capitol” from insurgents sent by Trump.
Trump did nothing and about six hours elapsed between the order of Pence and the Capitol. Five people, including a police officer, were killed and some were taken into the crowd in which they ‘hang Mike Pence’. More than 400 face complaints.
In his remarks Saturday at his Mar-a-Lago resort amid a weekend of Republican events in Florida, some at Trump properties, former president also mocked Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“Have you ever seen someone so full of shit?” Trump reportedly spoke about the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Joe Biden’s leading medical adviser, who was a key member of Trump’s coronavirus task force.
Trump also said that Covid-19 vaccines should be named “Trumpcines” for his sake.
According to Politico, the attack on McConnell relates to the senator’s alleged failure to defend Trump with sufficient zeal in the indictment that followed the riot in Capitol.
Trump, who has told supporters to march to the Capitol and ‘fight like hell’, is accused of inciting an uprising. He was acquitted when only seven Republican senators voted for conviction, not enough to reach the required super-majority. McConnell voted in favor of acquittal, and then thrilled Trump on the Senate floor.
According to the Washington Post, according to the Washington certification of the January 6 election results, Trump said: “If it were [Chuck] Schumer [the Democratic Senate leader] instead of this stupid son of a bitch Mitch McConnell, they would never let that happen. They would have fought it. ”
Trump also attacked McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who was secretary of transportation until she resigned over the Capitol riot, just before the end of Trump’s term.
“I hired his wife,” Trump said, according to the Post. “Did he ever say thank you?”
He mocks her decision to resign – ‘She suffered so much’, reports the Post, saying ‘her voice is dripping with sarcasm’ and says he won her husband’s senate for him.
Trump had previously attacked McConnell, calling him a “dull, grumpy and nonsensical political heel” in February. He was also reportedly called a “stone-cold loser” on Saturday night. McConnell did not immediately comment.
The former president was still banned from social media due to the riot in the Capitol, but he retained influence and began issuing approvals for the mid-term of 2022. Most were in line with the party hierarchy, including the support of Marco Rubio, a senator in Florida and former presidential rival who was expecting a lot, would attract a challenge from Trump’s daughter Ivanka.
Trump’s acquittal in his second indictment released him to run for the White House. He is regularly at the top of Republican voters’ polls on potential candidates for 2024. Reportedly, he left the possibility unchallenged Saturday night.
The Post said the former president had told Republicans to stay together.
“We can not have these guys who like publicity,” he said.