Mitch McConnell Poses 'Direct Challenge' to Trump, Has 'Betrayed' GOP: Steve Bannon
BY JASON LEMON ON 12/18/21 A
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, poses a "direct challenge" to former President Donald Trump and has "betrayed" the GOP, former White House strategist Steve Bannon believes.
Bannon, who served as the CEO of Trump's 2016 campaign and then as a chief strategist in the former president's administration, slammed McConnell during the Friday episode of his War Room podcast. His remarks came after McConnell gave an interview to Spectrum News this week in which he spoke favorably of the work being done by the House select committee investigating the pro-Trump January 6 attack against the U.S. Capitol, calling the events of that day "horrendous."
That raised some eyebrows as McConnell was among 35 Senate Republicans who blocked a bill in May to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the riot.
"He is a direct challenge to President Trump, and Trump is trying to lead this country through these horrible times," Bannon said. "Mitch McConnell, that dirt bag right there, gave the Biden regime $2.5 trillion to fund their madness."
Earlier this month, McConnell struck a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, to allow the debt ceiling to be lifted through a simple majority vote. While no Republicans voted to approve the debt ceiling increase of $2.5 trillion, McConnell and 13 other GOP senators voted to advance the deal that allowed Democrats to pass the increase with a simple majority vote. Trump and other pro-Trump GOP lawmakers have been highly critical of McConnell and the deal.
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