“Mitch McConnell is not a leader of the opposition, he is a pawn for Democrats to get what they want,” Trump wrote in a statement. “He’s afraid of them and won’t do what needs to be done. A new Senate Republican leader should be chosen immediately!” Trump calls on Mitch McConnell to resign or be replaced as Senate Republican leader. pic.twitter.com/kAQwtccC7e — Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) August 24, 2022 Trump’s rhetoric against McConnell has waxed and waned since the Minority Leader denounced the former president for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. McConnell recently raised concerns about the GOP’s “quality of candidates” in the upcoming election, where Trump has selected several candidates. Earlier today, Trump had turned his attacks on McConnell’s wife of 29 years, Elaine Chao, criticizing her family’s ties to China, where her shipping company — which was founded in the US and remains here — operates. Those ties were known during Chao’s four-year tenure as transportation secretary under Trump, who appointed her. Today’s spin marks an escalation aimed squarely at McConnell, even as four major investigations and a series of revelations threaten Trump.
