WASHINGTON: High US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell on Wednesday endorsed Donald Trump‘s run for president after years of icy relations between the 2 males.
“It’s abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite help of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the US. It ought to come as no shock that as nominee, he could have my help,” McConnell stated in a press release.
That got here the week after McConnell stated he would step down because the celebration’s chief within the Democratic-controlled Senate on the finish of the yr.
McConnell’s endorsement was first reported by the Washington Submit.
McConnell and Trump had labored carefully collectively on a tax overhaul and on judicial nominations throughout Trump’s presidency in 2017-2021, together with these for 3 Supreme Courtroom justices that tilted the steadiness of energy on the courtroom towards conservatives for a technology.
However the relationship between the pair had been frosty because the 2020 election. McConnell publicly acknowledged that Democrat Joe Biden had gained the presidential race, a indisputable fact that Trump has continued to disclaim.
McConnell additionally criticized Trump for the position he performed on January 6, 2021, when a whole bunch of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol to attempt to cease the certification of Biden’s victory following a fiery speech by Trump. McConnell did, nevertheless, vote to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial stemming from that assault.
Within the years since Trump left workplace, Trump has repeatedly attacked McConnell and his spouse, Elaine Chao, who was transportation secretary in Trump’s administration, in social media posts.
“It’s abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite help of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the US. It ought to come as no shock that as nominee, he could have my help,” McConnell stated in a press release.
That got here the week after McConnell stated he would step down because the celebration’s chief within the Democratic-controlled Senate on the finish of the yr.
McConnell’s endorsement was first reported by the Washington Submit.
McConnell and Trump had labored carefully collectively on a tax overhaul and on judicial nominations throughout Trump’s presidency in 2017-2021, together with these for 3 Supreme Courtroom justices that tilted the steadiness of energy on the courtroom towards conservatives for a technology.
However the relationship between the pair had been frosty because the 2020 election. McConnell publicly acknowledged that Democrat Joe Biden had gained the presidential race, a indisputable fact that Trump has continued to disclaim.
McConnell additionally criticized Trump for the position he performed on January 6, 2021, when a whole bunch of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol to attempt to cease the certification of Biden’s victory following a fiery speech by Trump. McConnell did, nevertheless, vote to acquit Trump in his impeachment trial stemming from that assault.
Within the years since Trump left workplace, Trump has repeatedly attacked McConnell and his spouse, Elaine Chao, who was transportation secretary in Trump’s administration, in social media posts.
