Former President Donald Trump is poised to become the Republican presidential nominee in 2024 after clearing the field of primary candidates, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated he will support Trump.
“It is clear that former President Trump has the necessary support among Republican voters to be the nominee for President of the United States,” McConnell said in a statement, according to the newspaper. washington post. “It’s no surprise that he has my support as a candidate.
“During his presidency, we worked together to achieve great things for the American people, including tax reform that boosted the economy and generational changes in the federal judiciary and, most importantly, the Supreme Court. “I look forward to the opportunity to transition from being a defense attorney to opposing the terrible policies that the Biden administration has continued to pursue in an effort to make a real difference in improving the lives of Americans,” McConnell said in a statement. That’s what it means.
President Trump thanked McConnell in a post on Truth Social. write“Thank you, Mitch. I look forward to working with you and the Republican Senate majority to make America great again!”
McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who served as transportation secretary for most of Trump’s presidency, resigned from her post shortly after the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.in letter “Yesterday, our country experienced a traumatic and completely avoidable event when his supporters stormed the Capitol after a rally where the president spoke,” Chao wrote to colleagues in a post on social media. As it does, and I’m sure many of you do, dear, it’s bothering me so much that I just can’t let it go.”
After the January 6th riot, McConnell claimed that President Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for causing the events of January 6th.
Trump said in a statement, called McConnell was a “sullen, sullen, unsmiling political hack.”
In Truth Social September 2022 post, President Trump called Chao McConnell’s “China-loving wife, Coco Chow.” January 2023 postPresident Trump called Chao McConnell “Coco Chou, China’s flagrant boss.”
McConnell recently announced that his current term as Senate Republican leader will be his last as leader. That means if Trump wins the election later this year, a different Senate Republican leader will be in office when he begins his second term in the White House.
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