{"id":1986604,"date":"2023-07-31T08:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-its-time-for-new-senate-gop-leader-following-mcconnell-health-scare\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T08:17:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:17:47","slug":"trump-says-its-time-for-new-senate-gop-leader-following-mcconnell-health-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-its-time-for-new-senate-gop-leader-following-mcconnell-health-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls for new Senate GOP leader after McConnell&#8217;s health scare."},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-says-its-time-for-new-senate-gop-leader-following-mcconnell-health-scare%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=1986604&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--><h2>Former President Donald Trump Calls for New Senate Republican Leader<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has voiced\u200c his opinion on the need for a new leader among Senate Republicans, following a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-banning-travel-from-india-after-what-he-said-when-trump-banned-travel-from-china\/\" title=\"Biden Slammed For Banning Travel From India After What He Said When Trump Banned Travel From China\">health scare<\/a> involving \u2062Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Trump, \u200b77, expressed his belief that \u2064Republican\u200c senators require a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-key-questions-ahead-of-pelosis-announcement\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Next? Key Questions Ahead of Pelosi\u2019s Announcement\">fresh leader<\/a> after McConnell,\u2064 81, experienced a\u2063 momentary\u2063 freeze during a press conference \u200clast week, which \u200dled to him being escorted \u200daway. McConnell later returned and provided an update to the press.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Reacts to McConnell&#8217;s Health Incident<\/h3>\n<p>Reacting to the incident, the former \u2063president described it as &#8220;sad&#8221; in a conversation with Breitbart. However, he also expressed his hope for McConnell&#8217;s well-being.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have some people \u2063in the Senate that are fantastic and would be great at that\u2062 position,&#8221; Trump \u200dadded,\u2062 suggesting that there are \u200dpotential candidates who could \u2064take on the role of Senate Republican leader.<\/p>\n<h3>Policy Criticism and Past Falls<\/h3>\n<p>While acknowledging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-its-time-for-new-senate-gop-leader-following-mcconnell-health-scare\/\" title=\"Trump calls for new Senate GOP leader after McConnell's health scare.\">unfortunate health event<\/a>, Trump shifted the conversation towards criticizing McConnell&#8217;s policy decisions. He specifically mentioned McConnell&#8217;s \u200dsupport for \u200ballocating funds\u200b to the Green New Deal and his ability to \u200dsecure \u200cvotes for various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-bidens-economy-is-crushing-working-class-americans\/\" title=\"Tom Cotton: \u2018Biden\u2019s Economy Is Crushing Working-Class Americans\u2019\">trillion-dollar bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also recalled McConnell&#8217;s previous fall, which resulted in hospitalization\u2063 and the need for physical therapy.\u200b He speculated that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-here-are-the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Report: Here Are The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech\">recent incident<\/a> may be an aftereffect of that fall.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his disapproval, Trump stated, &#8220;It was also sad that he gave trillions and trillions and trillions\u2064 of dollars to the \u2062Democrats to \u200cwaste on the Green New \u200cDeal, destroying our oceans and our beautiful landscapes with expensive windmills. So that\u2019s a very sad thing also.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>McConnell&#8217;s Commitment to His Role<\/h3>\n<p>Following the \u200dhealth scare, McConnell&#8217;s office \u200dreleased a statement affirming his\u2064 dedication to serving his full term as Senate Minority Leader. &#8220;Leader McConnell appreciates the continued support of his colleagues and plans to serve his full term in the job they overwhelmingly elected him to do,&#8221; the \u2064statement read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click\u2063 here<\/a> to read more from \u200bThe Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump called for new leadership among Senate Republicans after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell experienced a recent health scare. In an interview, Trump emphasized the necessity of change, stating, &#8220;We have to have that,&#8221; in response to whether Republican senators require a new leader. McConnell, 81, had a momentary freeze during a press conference last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1986605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}