{"id":2010101,"date":"2023-08-23T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trashes-mitch-mcconnell-hes-a-bad-guy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T22:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:46:21","slug":"trump-trashes-mitch-mcconnell-hes-a-bad-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trashes-mitch-mcconnell-hes-a-bad-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump criticizes McConnell: &#8216;He&#8217;s a villain&#8217;"},"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\">12<\/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-trashes-mitch-mcconnell-hes-a-bad-guy%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=2010101&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--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Former President Donald Trump went after GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday night for\u2062 being disloyal \u2063to \u2063Republican voters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Republican front-runner \u2064for the 2024 presidential nomination called \u200cMcConnell a\u200b \u201cbad guy\u201d who sought to undermine GOP voters\u2064 with\u2062 support for impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate was very good for\u2063 me, other than, you know, Mitch McConnell,\u201d Trump said. \u201cToo bad I endorsed\u200d him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Months later, \u201che really wanted to impeach \u200bme,\u201d the former president said. \u2064\u201cHe\u2019s a bad guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Trump skipped \u2062the Fox-moderated Republican primary \u200cdebate in Wisconsin for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-tucker-i-think-it-was-a-terrible-move-getting-rid-of-you\/\" title=\"Trump tells Tucker: 'Big mistake letting you go'\">45-minute \u2062sit-<\/a>down interview with Carlson. The interview published on X, formerly known as Twitter, racked up some 75 million views\u2062 just an \u200dhour after the tape was posted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/23\/trump-to-tucker-i-think-it-was-a-terrible-move-getting-rid-of-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump To Tucker: \u200c\u2018I Think It Was A Terrible Move Getting \u200bRid\u2062 Of You\u2019<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe level of loyalty is different in politics\u200b than it is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">normal life<\/a>,\u201d Trump said. \u201cMitch McConnell, in my opinion, \u200dwas trying to get senators to impeach me, especially for the second one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the first impeachment saga,\u200d Trump faulted the Senate Republican leader \u200dfor acting too \u201cslow.\u201d Sen. Mitt Romney, \u200bR-Utah, was the only member of the\u200c upper chamber to support \u200bDemocrats\u2019 first impeachment \u2062crusade. \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/02\/13\/the-7-republicans-who-voted-to-convict-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seven<\/a> Republican senators, including Romney, supported Trump\u2019s\u200b second impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, 81, survived\u200c a challenge to his \u2064perch in Senate leadership last fall after his efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/10\/the-case-against-mitch-mcconnell-for-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sabotage<\/a> Republican candidates in \u2062the 2022 \u2063midterms. The GOP Senate leader stripped resources from competitive races in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing states<\/a> to \u2064maintain a minority chamber he could control instead of a Trump-friendly\u200b majority he couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the \u200cKentucky lawmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/13\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-tucker-carlsons-j6-tapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemned<\/a> Carlson\u2019s publication of the Jan. 6 tapes, which undermined far<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trashes-mitch-mcconnell-hes-a-bad-guy\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes McConnell: 'He's a villain'\">-left \u2063narratives branding<\/a> \u200dthe 2021 Capitol riot\u200b as a\u2062 \u201cdeadly insurrection.\u201d Months later, the Republican Senate leader has \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/02\/mcconnell-and-his-gop-senate-drones-are-silent-on-trump-indictment-again\/\">refused<\/a> to condemn\u2064 the Democrats\u2019 \u200bweaponization \u2064of law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/01\/republicans-deserve-a-senate-leader-willing-to-defend-their-interests-over-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans Deserve A Senate Leader\u200d Willing To \u200dDefend Their Interests Over Democrats\u2019<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the\u200c western correspondent for The \u2063Federalist \u200cand the author of Social Justice \u2062Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture,\u200b health, and wellness. He has\u2062 also written for The Washington\u200d Examiner and The \u200dDaily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics\u2063 and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored\u200b in political science and minored\u2063 in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or\u2063 contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s\u200c email \u2062newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump criticized GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, accusing him of disloyalty to Republican voters. During an interview with Tucker Carlson, Trump referred to McConnell as a &#8220;bad guy&#8221; who aimed to undermine GOP supporters by endorsing impeachment. Trump remains a prominent figure in the Republican Party and a potential candidate for the 2024 presidential nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2010102,"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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/2010101","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}