{"id":2267761,"date":"2024-06-14T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-had-entirely-positive-meeting-with-trump-during-capitol-hill-visit\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:31:43","slug":"mcconnell-had-entirely-positive-meeting-with-trump-during-capitol-hill-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-had-entirely-positive-meeting-with-trump-during-capitol-hill-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell&#8217;s Meeting with Trump on Capitol Hill Was &#8216;Entirely Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-had-entirely-positive-meeting-with-trump-during-capitol-hill-visit%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=2267761&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 Mitch McConnell described \u2062a\u200b meeting \u200dwith former President Donald Trump as &#8220;positive&#8221; following Trump&#8217;s visit to Capitol Hill to speak with Republican lawmakers. During\u2063 the meeting, which was reported on by POLITICO, Trump\u200d praised McConnell and the gathering \u2063appeared amicable, highlighting a shift from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-major-endorsement-in-montana-senate-race\/\" title=\"Trump endorses candidate in Montana Senate race\">previously strained relationship<\/a>. McConnell mentioned multiple standing \u2062ovations for Trump, emphasizing the overall positivity of the event. Senator Markwayne\u2063 Mullin noted Trump&#8217;s acknowledgement of McConnell&#8217;s efforts and emphasized the focus on \u2062winning two critical\u2063 Senate seats. This meeting marked the first in-person \u2063interaction between McConnell and\u200d Trump since their fallout \u200dafter the\u2063 2020 \u200belection. Previously, Trump had criticized McConnell&#8217;s legislative decisions, while \u200dMcConnell had openly condemned Trump&#8217;s \u2062actions during and post-presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he had a \u201cpositive meeting\u201d with former President Donald Trump on Thursday after Trump traveled to Capitol Hill to talk with Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The presumptive Republican presidential nominee praised the GOP Senate leader during his comments at the D.C. meeting, POLITICO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/06\/13\/congress\/mcconnell-and-trump-speak-00163236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a really positive meeting, he and I got a chance to talk a little bit, we shook hands a few times, he got a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-i-may-never-see-eye-to-eye-with-trump-on-jan-6\/\" title=\"Pence: I May Never 'See Eye to Eye' With Trump on Jan. 6\">standing ovations<\/a>, it was an entirely positive meeting. Mitt Romney was there, as well, and I can\u2019t think of anything to tell you about it that was negative,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) added that Trump \u201cimmediately went in to address Mitch McConnell and said he\u2019s done his best while he was here. He understands elections. And he understands how important two seats are and we need to be focused on those.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> is greeted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., as he enters the room to meet with Senate GOP members at the National Republican Senatorial Committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnzE3bbpFA\">pic.twitter.com\/tnzE3bbpFA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dougmillsnyt\/status\/1801319803678077271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  Trump and McConnell have had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-associated-press-cans-anti-israel-activist-following-backlash\/\" title=\"The Associated Press Cans Anti-Israel Activist Following Backlash\">rocky relationship<\/a> over the past four years, and Thursday\u2019s private meeting marked the first time the two had spoken in person since a month after the contentious 2020 election, according to POLITICO. Trump has slammed McConnell for approving Democrat legislation in the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-intensifies-attacks-mcconnell-death-wish-remark-social-media-pla-rcna50293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> in 2022 that the Kentuckian has a \u201cdeath wish,\u201d which a Trump spokesman said was in reference to \u201ckilling the Republican Party through weakness and cowardice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell has also blasted Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/13\/mcconnell-condemns-trump-acquitted-469002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> he was \u201cpractically and morally responsible for provoking\u201d the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday at the Republican meeting, however, there was nothing but solidarity, according to some of the senators who attended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of unity. A lot of people think we\u2019re going in the wrong direction now,\u201d McConnell\u2019s fellow Kentucky senator, Rand Paul said, adding that most of the discussions centered on policy.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t seen that Republican group as strongly united on all of those policy issues in a long, long time,\u201d said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), who has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/gop-senator-spars-trump-after-calling-out-stolen-election-lie-n1287279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Trump over the former president\u2019s allegations that the 2020 election was \u201crigged\u201d and \u201cstolen.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HAPPENING NOW: President Trump begins remarks in D.C. flanked by Republican Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kgcBkwO31C\">pic.twitter.com\/kgcBkwO31C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RSBN \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RSBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1801309386691789172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In February, the 82-year-old McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-to-step-down-as-senate-republican-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that he would be stepping down from his Senate leadership after Republicans select a new leader in November. He added that he still plans to serve the remainder of his term as senator, which ends in 2027.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell described his Thursday meeting with former President Donald Trump as &#8220;positive.&#8221; Trump, visiting Capitol Hill to discuss with GOP lawmakers, commended McConnell during the session, according to POLITICO. The interaction underscored a cooperative tone between the two prominent Republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2267762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/MixCollage-14-Jun-2024-07-21-AM-618-e1718367780709.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2267761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/MixCollage-14-Jun-2024-07-21-AM-618-e1718367780709.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267761","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\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2267761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2267762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2267761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2267761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2267761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}