{"id":2356087,"date":"2024-10-17T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnells-private-fuming-about-trump-revealed-in-new-biography-despicable-human-being-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T09:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:59:32","slug":"mcconnells-private-fuming-about-trump-revealed-in-new-biography-despicable-human-being-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnells-private-fuming-about-trump-revealed-in-new-biography-despicable-human-being-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell\u2019s private fuming about Trump revealed in new biography: \u2018Despicable human being\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmcconnells-private-fuming-about-trump-revealed-in-new-biography-despicable-human-being-washington-examiner%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=2356087&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>A new biography \u2062titled &#8220;The Price of Power,&#8221; set to release \u200dshortly before the 2024 elections, reveals Senate Minority Leader Mitch\u2064 McConnell&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-buttigieg-in-2019-smollett-incident-horrible-attack\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Buttigieg in 2019: Smollett Incident \u2018Horrible Attack\u2019\">strong criticisms<\/a> of former President Donald Trump. \u200bThe book, authored by Michael Tackett of the Associated Press, draws from diary entries and interviews, showcasing the deterioration of McConnell&#8217;s relationship with Trump, particularly \u200dafter the January \u20646 Capitol riot. McConnell expressed his belief that \u200dnot only Democrats were eager for Trump&#8217;s departure, asserting that the public had \u2062grown weary of Trump&#8217;s &#8220;misrepresentations&#8221; and &#8220;outright lies.&#8221; He characterized Trump&#8217;s struggle to cope with his electoral defeat as exacerbating his behavior, noting\u200c that Trump\u2064 had\u2062 become increasingly\u2064 unfiltered and erratic post-election. McConnell&#8217;s remarks, which had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-tiger-woods-was-going-over-80mph-in-45mph-zone-likely-struck-tree-at-75mph\/\" title=\"Officials: Tiger Woods Was Going Over 80mph In 45mph Zone; Likely Struck Tree At 75MPH\">remained private<\/a> until \u200bnow, starkly reflect his discontent\u200d with Trump&#8217;s actions and leadership style.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">McConnell&rsquo;s private fuming about Trump revealed in new biography: &lsquo;Despicable human being&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1762974\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A new biography of Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) revealed some of the Senate leader&rsquo;s unfiltered frustrations with former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Michael Tackett, deputy Washington bureau chief of the <em>Associated Press<\/em>, will release <em>The Price of Power<\/em> just one week before the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"election\">election<\/a>. The book details McConnell&rsquo;s relationship with the former president, much of it negative, drawing on diary entries and interviews. It outlines some of the harshest rhetoric McConnell has used against Trump, all of it private until now.<\/p>\n<p>The harshest remarks came after the Jan. 6 riot, the lowest point of their relationship, according to excerpts published by the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell said after the riot that &ldquo;it&rsquo;s not just the Democrats who are counting the days&rdquo; until Trump left office and that his behavior &ldquo;only underscores the good judgment of the American people. They&rsquo;ve had just enough of the misrepresentations, the outright lies almost on a daily basis, and they fired him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And for a narcissist like him, that&rsquo;s been really hard to take, and so his behavior since the election has been even worse, by far, than it was before because he has no filter now at all,&rdquo; the Senate leader added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s hesitance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reverses-27-4-billion-in-spending-cuts-proposed-by-trump\/\" title=\"Biden Reverses .4 Billion in Spending Cuts Proposed by Trump\">leave office<\/a> was cause for concern for McConnell, who feared it would cost Republicans in two Georgia runoffs. Before the elections, he said Trump was &ldquo;stupid as well as being ill-tempered and can&rsquo;t even figure out where his own best interests lie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During a fight over a COVID-19 aid bill in December 2020, McConnell derided Trump as a &ldquo;despicable human being.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He blamed Trump for the Republican losses in the 2018 midterm elections, saying Trump &rdquo;has every characteristic you would not want a president to have&rdquo; and that he was &ldquo;not very smart, irascible, nasty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, McConnell, who endorsed Trump in 2024, sought to distance himself from his comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whatever I may have said about President Trump pales in comparison to what J.D. Vance, Lindsey Graham, and others have said about him, but we are all on the same team now,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and McConnell have a famously tempestuous public relationship, frequently fighting and then making up. 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