Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following a Republican Party event on Capitol Hill on February 2. Photo: AP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following a Republican Party event on Capitol Hill on February 2. Photo: AP
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following a Republican Party event on Capitol Hill on February 2. Photo: AP
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politico | Donald Trump attacks Mitch McConnell in fiery statement

  • The former US president called the senator a ‘dour, sullen and unsmiling political hack’, adding that Republicans ‘will not win again’ if they stick with him
  • An earlier draft mocked McConnell for having ‘too many chins but not enough smarts’, but advisers convinced Trump to take it out

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Updated: 7:10am, 17 Feb, 2021

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following a Republican Party event on Capitol Hill on February 2. Photo: AP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following a Republican Party event on Capitol Hill on February 2. Photo: AP
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following a Republican Party event on Capitol Hill on February 2. Photo: AP
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