Donald Trump Calls For McConnell To Step Down As GOP Senate Leader
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s health concerns are being widely reported.
In March, he fell at a hotel in Washington D.C.
Earlier in July he fell getting off a plane.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tripped and fell disembarking from a plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport this month, two sources familiar with the incident said.
McConnell, 81, was not seriously hurt, and he was seen later that day at the Capitol, where he interacted with at least one reporter.
The fall, which has not been previously reported, occurred July 14 after the flight out of Washington was canceled while everyone was on board. McConnell, R-Ky., who was a passenger, had a “face plant,” someone who was on the plane at the time but did not witness the fall told NBC News. That passenger also said they spoke to another passenger who helped tend to McConnell.
McConnell has also recently been using a wheelchair as a precaution when he navigates crowded airports, said a source familiar with his practices.
This incident was not initially reported but came out after McConnell froze during a press conference.
The White House and the Capitol are not retirement villages. Biden and McConnell need to retire immediately along with a bunch of other crooked politicians like Pelosi and Schumer. Great case for term limits pic.twitter.com/vfgyAtRNQU
— • ᗰISᑕᕼIᗴᖴ ™ • (@4Mischief) July 27, 2023
Donald Trump was asked about this during an interview with Breitbart.
He called it “sad” and said that Republicans should have a new leader in the Senate.
He did not endorse someone to replace McConnell.
Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that he believes Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell’s obvious health issues mean the longtime Kentucky senator should not continue to lead Senate Republicans and that the party needs a fresh face atop the conference.
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“I thought it was sad,” Trump said. “At the same time, I think it’s a shame he went so far out to give Green New Deal money to Biden and Democrats. He got 10 people to vote because they needed 10 people, and he got 10 people to vote on numerous occasions for trillions of dollars. I think that’s a shame. But that was too bad. That was a sad thing to see. He had a bad fall, I guess, and probably an after-effect of that. But it was also sad that he gave trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars to the Democrats to waste on the Green New Deal, destroying our oceans and destroying our great, beautiful vistas and plains all over our country with windmills that are very expensive energy. So that’s a very sad thing also.”
Trump also told Breitbart News that he believes McConnell should step aside and Senate Republicans should find a better leader.
“We have to have that,” Trump said when asked if Senate Republicans need a new leader. “No, we have to have that. We have some people in the Senate that are fantastic and would be great at that position. But it’s just amazing he [McConnell] would do that — but at the same time, I hope he’s well.”
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