As US media reported on Sunday, Trump said on Saturday in front of representatives of the party leadership in his luxury resort Mar-a-Lago in Florida that McConnell was “stupid” and an “ice cold loser”.
Trump took more time in his speech for personal attacks against McConnell and other Republicans than against his successor Joe Biden’s Democrats. Although he called on his party to unite after the defeat in the presidential election and the loss of the Senate majority. But he continued to claim for no reason that he had won the November election.
McConnell – Republican majority leader until January and then Senate minority leader – has long been a key ally of Trump in Congress. After the storm on the Capitol on January 6, the powerful puller distanced himself clearly from Trump and made the then president jointly responsible for the violence.
In the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate, McConnell voted for an acquittal for the ex-president. But then he said that Trump was undoubtedly “practically and morally responsible” for storming the Capitol.
In his speech, Trump also attacked McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao, who was Minister of Transportation during his tenure but resigned after the Capitol storm. Trump said of McConnell: “I hired his wife. Has he ever thanked you?” Then he made fun of Chaos resignation.
Trump also said he was “disappointed” with then Vice President Mike Pence when he refused to block formal confirmation of Biden’s Senate victory.
McConnell was absent from the Mar-a-Lago event. According to the Washington Post, he has told advisors that he has not spoken to Trump in months and will never do so again.
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