Just weeks before the presidential election, when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) endorsed former President Trump, an excerpt from a new book about the longtime Republican leader reveals McConnell's vitriol against the current Republican presidential candidate. The idea became clear. “Not very smart, angry, [and] dirty. “
“No matter what I say about President Trump, people like J.D. Vance and Lindsey Graham are going to talk about him,” McConnell told Fox News Digital, even though the biography quotes him over the past several years. “That pales in comparison to what he said about the president.” , but now we're all on the same team. ”
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Mr. McConnell provided a series of oral histories for a forthcoming book by acting Washington bureau chief Michael Tackett. Associated Press.
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Mr. McConnell's long-standing disdain for President Trump (leftist) has been revealed in excerpts from a forthcoming book. (Reuters)
Among the minority leader's quotes revealed in the book, he reportedly did not hold back in slamming President Trump, calling him “a fool,” “insane,” “despicable human being,” and “narcissist.” are.
Despite their strained relationship in public during and after Trump's presidency, McConnell announced his support for the former president in March, saying that Trump “will be our nominee.” “We have gained the support of Republican voters that we need.”
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Trump also shook hands with McConnell when he met with Senate Republicans in Washington, D.C., over the summer.
In the weeks after the 2020 presidential election and before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, McConnell said “Democrats aren't the only ones counting down the days” until Trump is no longer president.
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He also praised the “right decision of the American people” to remove Trump from office in 2020.
Trump and McConnell have had a tense relationship in public. (Reuters)
“They've had enough false reporting and outright lies on an almost daily basis, so they fired him,” he said, according to excerpts.
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McConnell also blamed President Trump for the House Republicans losing their majority in the 2018 midterm elections. He said he has “all the characteristics you wouldn't want in a president.”
In 2022, Kentucky Republicans reflected on Trump's repeated claims of election fraud in 2020. “Unfortunately, about half of the Republicans in the country believe everything he says,” McConnell lamented.
According to the book, McConnell accused President Trump of being “despicable.” (Reuters)
The Trump campaign had not commented to Fox News Digital in time for publication.
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The Senate minority leader announced in February that he would not seek the position again in the next Congress. McConnell has been the Republican leader since 2007, making him the longest-serving leader in the chamber's history.
After next month's presidential election, Republican senators and Republican senator-elects will vote in a secret ballot to decide the next leader. The announced candidates are Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Thune (R.S.D.), Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas), and Sen. Rick Scott (R., Fla.).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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