McConnell also called midterm losses in Arizona, New Hampshire and Georgia 'fatal.'
due to Trump's hand-picked candidates, and promised to back"quality candidates" in the 2024 primaries. He also said Trump's"political clout has diminished."
"We lost support that we needed among independents and moderate Republicans, primarily related to the view they had of us as a party—largely made by the former president—that we were sort of nasty and tended toward chaos," McConnell said. "And oddly enough, even though that subset of voters did not approve of President Biden, they didn't have enough confidence in us in several instances to give us the majority we needed."
L: Senator Mitch McConnell listens during a news briefing on July 11, 2017, at the U.S. Capitol. R: Former President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Harlingen, Texas, on January 12, 2021. McConnell criticized Trump's 2022 Senate candidates in an interview, saying people viewed Republicans as"nasty" because of him.The long-serving senator also said the GOP underperformed in"every state," including in Ohio, wherewon by a narrower margin than anticipated.
Trump has not responded to McConnell's comments, though he did post a link on Truth Social to a Washington Examiner article regarding the minority leader and his continued support for aid to Ukraine.
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