Minority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell
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McConnell, known for talking to reporters in the halls of the Capitol, declined to respond to questions about the former president’s comments.
Asked in general about Trump’s comments or if he had anything he “ would like to say, ” McConnell did not comment. On Tuesday, he will likely be faced with questions again when he holds his weekly press conference.
Speaking on Saturday to members of the Republican National Committee (RNC) at the former president’s private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump solved McConnell because the minority leader was not in favor of destroying the results of the 2020 presidential election in Congress.
“If that was Schumer instead of this stupid bastard Mitch McConnell, they would never let it happen. They would have fought against it, ” Trump told the assembled RNC members, according to The Washington Post, referring to the majority Senate leader. Charles Schumer
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Trump, according to the Post, also called McConnell an “ icy loser. ”
Trump and McConnell were close allies for most of his presidency, despite their 180 degree stylistic differences, with Trump known as brash and unwieldy and McConnell publicly reserved and strategic. Trump has publicly praised McConnell, particularly for his work in confirming court nominees, and McConnell has taken a roundabout way by estimating some of the former president’s greatest controversies.
But a huge rift developed between the two after Trump falsely claimed that the 2020 election was ‘faked’ and ‘stolen’ from him.
McConnell, who waited until December 15, the day after Electoral College was certified President Biden
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Although he voted earlier this year to acquit Trump at the impeachment trial, he also accused him of being “morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack in which a mob of pro-Trump supporters broke the Capitol.
McConnell has bypassed direct naming or criticizing Trump as their dust particles have sparked concerns about a GOP civil war heading into the 2022 elections, when the party hopes to win back the Senate.
National Republican Senate Committee Chairman Rick Scott (R-Fla.) Last weekend awarded a new award to Trump that the campaign arm described as intended for “ conservative leaders who have worked tirelessly to create good jobs, the values that make our country great. , and stop the Democrats’ socialist agenda. “
Scott said Monday that he presented Trump with the award on Friday, before Trump raged against the Senate GOP leader.
When asked about Trump’s comments about McConnell, Scott joked, “I think he’s one of the smartest SOBs I know.”
Other GOP senators also urged the two to put their disagreements on paper and focus on the party and the next election cycle.
“I think he vented to a bunch of donors, and you know, I think they should be both in the end 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 “hard to predict”, but that “hopefully there will be some sort of truce.”
“I think it’s in everyone’s interest, I think including the former president if he is to remain politically viable, to help us achieve the majority by 2022, and that means working with Senate Republicans, not them,” Thune said.
Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Who stayed close to Trump during the 2020 election, said the Republicans “had enough trouble without fighting within ourselves.”
“Sometimes you get people arguing, you know, among each other, and then you bring your whole team down. So that’s kind of what I think about this … We don’t have to argue between teammates,” Tuberville said.