After Republicans failed to win control of the Senate, Donald Trump criticized McConnell for failing to back claims of voter fraud and for investing in the wrong elections.
Trump blamed McConnell for the GOP's poor performance. Credit should be given to Saul LOEB.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump wrote that it wasMitch McConnell's fault and that heblew the mid-terms.
The Senate Leadership Fund was blamed by Trump for the loss of the Republican Senate candidate in Arizona.
There is no evidence of vote-rigging, according to Trump, who claimed he failed to stop election workers from trying to steal the Senate election from Republican Adam Laxalt.
McConnell admitted that he brought the Green New Deal legislation to the floor for a vote in 2019.
CNN reported that Trump is trying to get others within the GOP to blame McConnell for the losses.
Trump took a shot at McConnell's wife, Elaine, who served as transportation Secretary under Trump, reprising a racist nickname he previously used to refer to her.
Prominent Republicans and pundits criticized Trump in the wake of the election, which they said was a referendum on the former president. The congressman from Indiana refused to say if he would support Trump if he runs for president in four years. In July, Banks said that he would back Trump if he ran for president. In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Banks said he believes Trump could be an effective president. I will save my endorsement for a different race in the future.
Some Republican senators are questioning McConnell's future as minority leader, and several have sought to delay leadership elections slated for Wednesday, which could allow another candidate time to mount a challenge against McConnell.
The senate minority leader faced backlash from within his party after suggesting that candidate quality could prevent the GOP from regaining control of the upper chamber. Trump has called for McConnell's removal many times. New York Times reporters Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin wrote in their book This Will Not Pass that Trump's role in the Capitol riots was an "impeachable" offense. McConnell blamed Trump but didn't vote to convict him in his trial.
The Trump-backed candidates have mixed showings in the mid-terms.
The New York Times reported that G.O.P. leaders privately blasted Trump.
Stephen Miller blamed McConnell for the failed red wave.
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