{"id":1561911,"date":"2022-07-19T23:49:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T03:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1561911"},"modified":"2022-07-19T23:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T03:49:23","slug":"mcconnell-reacts-to-possibility-of-trump-2024-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-reacts-to-possibility-of-trump-2024-presidential-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Reacts to Possibility of Trump 2024 Presidential Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcconnell-reacts-to-possibility-of-trump-2024-presidential-bid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1561911&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate minority leader Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mitch-mcconnell\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-Ky.) made a rare reaction to the prospect of former U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> running for commander-in-chief in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re going to have a crowded field for president,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mcconnell\">McConnell<\/a> said, answering a question about his thoughts on Trump again running for president.<\/p>\n<p>The senator echoed a February 2021 comment\u2014made less than two weeks after he claimed Trump\u2019s words before the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the capital were \u201cdisgraceful dereliction of duty\u201d\u2014when he told Fox News that he believed \u201cat least four members\u201d were planning on running for president, alongside Republican governors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no incumbent. Should be a wide-open race,\u201d the lawmaker said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell also said he\u2019d \u201cabsolutely\u201d support Trump if the 45th president were to become the Republican presidential nominee in 2024.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01\/mcconnell-and-mccarthy-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and then-President Donald Trump listen during a signing ceremony for H.R. 748, the CARES Act in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 27, 2020. (Erin Schaff-Pool\/Getty Images) Trump\u2019s Criticism of McConnell <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump has been highly critical of McConnell\u2019s public statements against him after Jan. 6, frequently referring to the Kentucky Senator as an \u201cold crow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political \u2018leaders\u2019 like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm,\u201d Trump said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/statement-by-donald-j-trump-45th-president-of-the-united-states-of-america\">statement<\/a> in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcConnell\u2019s dedication to business as usual, status quo policies, together with his lack of political insight, wisdom, skill, and personality, has rapidly driven him from Majority Leader to Minority Leader, and it will only get worse,\u201d Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s comments came after Trump stepped up his presence in the political arena and gave plenty of hints about running in two years.<\/p>\n<p>The 45th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate minority leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made a rare reaction to the prospect of former U.S. President Donald Trump running for commander-in-chief in 2024.\u00a0 \u201cI think we\u2019re going to have a crowded field for president,\u201d McConnell said, answering a question about his thoughts on Trump again running for president. 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