Former President Trump issued a forceful statement Tuesday afternoon, targeting Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell.
Trump, who was once an ally of the Kentucky Republican, left no barriers in his rebuke to McConnell, using tougher terms than those of most Democrats.
Naming McConnell as a “dark, taciturn and serious political hack”, Trump said the Republican Party “would never again be respected or strong” with McConnell at his command.
McConnell said Trump is responsible for the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill and suggested that he voted not to condemn Trump on impeachment for inciting the riot just because he is no longer president.
He said Democrats and the majority leading senator, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. “play McConnell like a violin” and blamed him for the Senate Republican Party defeats in Georgia for not offering big enough stimulus checks.
“In the ‘Mitch Senate’, in the last two election cycles, I saved at least 12 seats in the Senate alone, more than eight in the 2020 cycle alone – and then the Georgia disaster came, where we should have won both seats in the Senate of the United States. USA, but McConnell equated the $ 2,000 Democratic stimulus check offer with $ 600. ”
Trump also insisted that Republicans lost in Georgia because they did not maintain electoral integrity. “Many Republicans in Georgia voted for Democrats, or simply did not vote, because of their distress over inept Governor Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the Republican Party, for failing to fulfill their duty of electoral integrity during the Presidency of 2020 race. “
The former president repeated a statement at times made by McConnell’s opponents that the senator is soft with China because he has commercial ties in the country. “McConnell has no credibility in China because of his family’s considerable Chinese business stakes. He does nothing against this tremendous economic and military threat,” wrote Trump.
Trump and McConnell found themselves at odds in the aftermath of the 2020 election, when McConnell asked his colleagues to vote to certify President Biden’s election while Trump continued to claim that the election had been stolen from him.
Trump’s full statement is below:
The Republican Party will never again be respected or strong with political “leaders” like Senator Mitch McConnell at his command. McConnell’s dedication to normal business, status quo politics, coupled with his lack of political vision, wisdom, skill and personality, quickly led him from majority leader to minority leader, and that will only get worse. Democrats and Chuck Schumer play McConnell like a violin – they’ve never been this good – and they want to keep going! We know that our America First agenda is a winner, not McConnell Beltway First’s or Biden’s America Last agenda.
In 2020, I received the most votes of any incumbent president in history, almost 75 million. All Republicans in office in the House won for the first time in decades and we pulled out 15 seats, almost costing Nancy Pelosi her job. Republicans won a majority in at least 59 of the 98 party legislative chambers, and Democrats failed to turn a single legislative chamber from red to blue. And in the “Mitch Senate”, in the last two election cycles, I saved at least 12 seats in the Senate alone, more than eight in the 2020 cycle alone – and then the Georgia disaster came, where we should have won both seats in the Senate. USA, but McConnell equated the $ 2,000 Democratic stimulus check offer with $ 600. How does it work? It became the Democrats’ main ad and a big winner for them. McConnell then put himself, one of the most unpopular politicians in the United States, in the ads. Many Republicans in Georgia voted for Democrats, or simply did not vote, because of their distress over inept Governor Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the Republican Party for failing to fulfill their duty of electoral integrity during the presidential race of 2020.
It was a complete electoral disaster in Georgia and some other undecided states. McConnell has done nothing and will never do what needs to be done to ensure a fair and just electoral system in the future. He doesn’t have what it takes, never has and never will.
My only regret is that McConnell “begged” for my strong support and endorsement before the great people of Kentucky in the 2020 elections, and I gave it to him. He went down from one point to 20 points above and won. How quickly he forgets. Without my endorsement, McConnell would have lost, and lost a lot. Now his numbers are lower than ever, he is destroying the Republican side of the Senate and, thereby, seriously damaging our country.
Likewise, McConnell lacks credibility in China because of his family’s substantial Chinese business stakes. He does nothing against this tremendous economic and military threat.
Mitch is a severe, taciturn, and serious political hack, and if Republican senators stay with him, they won’t win again. He will never do what needs to be done or what is right for our country. Whenever necessary and appropriate, I will support the main rivals who advocate Making America Great Again and our America First policy. We want brilliant, strong, caring and compassionate leadership.
Before the pandemic, we produced the largest numbers of economies and jobs in the history of our country and, likewise, our economic recovery after Covid was the best in the world. We cut taxes and regulations, rebuild our armed forces, take care of our veterinarians, become energy independent, build the wall and prevent the massive influx of illegal into our country and much more. And now, illegals are coming, pipelines are being stopped, taxes are going to increase and we will no longer be independent of energy.
This is a great time for our country, and we can’t let it go by using third-rate “leaders” to dictate our future!
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