Sen. Lindsey Graham said Mitch McConnell was needed for Trump's legislative achievements, but added that the former president will unlikely stop blasting the Senate Minority Leader.
"I have quietly said for years that Mitch McConnell is the most overrated man in politics— now I don't have to be quiet anymore. He is working so hard to give Biden a victory, now they'll go for the big one, including the biggest tax increases in the history of our Country," Trump said at the time.
Former President Donald Trump said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is"bad" for the GOP and discussed the possibility of ousting him, according to The Wall Street Journal. Above, a combination of pictures created on February 16, showing Trump in Washington, DC, October 27, 2020 and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 5, 2020.is a weak politician standing in the way of the Republican Party's progress.
"He's a stupid person. I don't think he's smart enough, Trump said during the interview."I tried to convince Mitch McConnell to get rid of the filibuster, to terminate it so that we would get everything, and he was a knucklehead and he didn't do it."after the Senate acquitted the former president in his impeachment trial over his alleged role in the January 6 Capitol riot.
"There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day," McConnell said on the Senate floor following the vote."The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.
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