Former President Trump sought to pin blame on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Sunday after Republicans lost the battle for control of the Senate.
While the GOP is still favored to win the House, the party fell far short of its expectations heading into Tuesday, and many Republicans have blamed the former president and the candidates he backed in key swing states.
However, Trump to his social media site on Sunday to make the case that the midterms were McConnell’s fault, due in part to the Senate GOP’s campaign arm not spending big on Blake Masters’ bid to unseat Sen. Mark Kelly (D) in Arizona.
“It’s Mitch McConnell’s fault. Spending money to defeat great Republican candidates instead of backing Blake Masters and others was a big mistake,” Trump wrote, referring to pouring money into Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) race against Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka.
“He blew the Midterms, and everyone despises him and his otherwise lovely wife, Coco Chow!” Trump said.
McConnell has feuded with Trump since the Senate GOP leader denounced the former president on the Senate floor following the Capitol riots and Trump’s false claims the 2020 election was stolen.
Republicans lost the Senate on Saturday after Democrats clinched a key seat in Nevada. If Democrats win a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia, the party may have a larger majority than it did in the last Congress.
McConnell has been tightlipped since Tuesday, but predicted a close Senate race, in part due to the “quality” of the GOP’s Senate candidates, many of which were selected by Trump.
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“He blew the Midterms, and everyone despises him and his otherwise lovely wife, Coco Chow!” Trump said, placing blame on McConnell for GOP losses in the midterm elections. https://t.co/0TC7yEsBFI
— The Hill (@thehill) November 13, 2022
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