“He’s a stupid person,” the former president said of McConnell in an interview published by Vanity Fair on Monday. “I don’t think he’s smart enough.” He added, “I tried to convince Mitch McConnell to get rid of the filibuster, to terminate it, so that we would get everything, and he …
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Speaking with conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday, McConnell revealed he would take a similar approach to a Biden nominee to the Supreme Court if Republicans regained control of the Senate in 2022 to the one he did when Barack Obama tried pushing forward Merrick Garland in 2016, …
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Trump’s ire arose mainly from his continued belief that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against him, according to reports from the New York Times and Washington Post. The former president allegedly ripped McConnell and even his vice president, Mike Pence, for not doing more to support his fraud claims. …
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“Americans do not need or want big business to amplify disinformation or react to every manufactured controversy with frantic left-wing signaling,” Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement on Monday. The unusual attack from McConnell against big business – which for a long time was a reliable …
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“I’m extremely uncomfortable with the fact that my constituents can’t come to the Capitol. With all this razor wire around the complex, it reminds me of my last visit to Kabul,” the Kentucky Senator told reporters on Wednesday, adding “I just checked earlier this morning. There are no serious threats …
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Asked whether he would support Trump as the Republican presidential nominee in 2024 during a Thursday interview, the Kentucky senator answered readily in the affirmative. “The nominee of the party? Absolutely,” McConnell told Fox’s Bret Baier, but added “There’s a lot to happen between now and 2024. I’ve got at …
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“The Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political ‘leaders’ like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm,” the lengthy statement begins. “McConnell’s dedication to business as usual, status quo policies, together with his lack of political insight, wisdom, skill, and personality, has rapidly driven him from Majority Leader to …
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McConnell (R-Kentucky) was among the 43 GOP senators who voted on Saturday to acquit Trump in the former president’s second impeachment trial, leaving Democrats 10 votes short of the two-third majority that was constitutionally required for conviction. But McConnell then gave a speech blaming Trump as “practically and morally responsible” …
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“Yesterday, our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of the President stormed the Capitol building following a rally he addressed. As I’m sure is the case with many of you, it has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside,” Chao said …
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“If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side our democracy would enter a death spiral. We’d never see the whole nation accept the election again,” McConnell said on Wednesday on the Senate floor as Congress began their process for certifying the Electoral College votes. Not long …
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