“Mitch is a dour, sullen and unsmiling political hack,” Trump blasted, “and if Republican senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again. “The Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political ‘leaders’ like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm,” Trump said. We know our America First agenda is a winner, not McConnell’s Beltway First agenda or (Joe) Biden’s America Last,” Trump continued. Trump, who is currently banned from his preferred social media platforms, issued the statement via an emailed news release. But on Twitter, one of McConnell’s top political advisors described the Trump statement as “amusing” and inferred it was predictable.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 17, 2021 00:11 UTC