Former U.S. President Donald Trump has severely rebuked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his improper performance after the election, saying on Tuesday (16) that McConnell is a “political hack” and calling on Republican senators to turn their backs on McConnell as their leader.
AFP reported that Trump said in a statement: “There is Senator Mitch McConnell. With a ‘leader’ like Senator Mitch McConnell at the helm, the Republican Party can never be respected or grow.”
“Mitch is a depressed, gloomy, unsmiling political hack, and Republican senators will not win again if they continue to follow him as their leader.”
The Senate voted on Trump’s articles of impeachment on Jan. 13, ultimately falling short of the 2/3 majority threshold required for conviction, and McConnell said after casting his not guilty vote that Trump was “physically and morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters.
Trump condemned McConnell for making Republicans lose control of the Senate.
McConnell, 78, has represented Kentucky as a senator since 1984 and has served as Senate majority leader for the past six years, allowing him to exercise a great deal of power.
Trump said, “The only thing I regret is that when McConnell ‘begged’ me to give him my strong support and endorsement in front of the great people of Kentucky in the 2020 election, I did so.”
Pictured, then-President Donald Trump (right) campaigns for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky on Nov. 4, 2019. (Bryan Woolston/Getty Images)
“Without my endorsement in the first place, McConnell would not only have lost, he would have lost badly.”
Trump vowed to use his continued undiminished popularity in the Republican Party to support any Republican candidate who strongly supports Trump’s policies in the next national election in November 2022.
“When necessary and appropriate, I will support the leading contender who embraces ‘Make America Great Again’ and our ‘America First’ policy,” he said.
A national poll conducted by Quinnipiac University during the Senate impeachment trial and after Trump’s acquittal showed that 75 percent of Republicans surveyed wanted Trump to continue to play a leading role in the party after a stormy four years in the White House.
According to another poll conducted by Gallup, 82% of all Republican supporters polled support Trump.
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