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Former US President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, signaling a growing feud between the two most important voices in the Republican Party.
“Mitch is a severe, sullen and serious political hack, and if the Republican senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again,” Trump said in a statement amid the aftermath of the former president’s second impeachment trial.
Trump and McConnell parted ways in the weeks following the November 3 presidential election, and Trump was upset that McConnell had recognized Democrat Joe Biden as the winner. The gap between them widened when McConnell declared in the Senate floor on Saturday that Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for the deadly January 6 assault on the US Capitol.
The two are trying to push the party in opposite directions, McConnell back to the roots of a budget-focused pro-trade party, while Trump, who still has the backing of a large section of the Republican voter base, advocates a more populist approach. . – Reuters
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