Sen. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, easily swatted back the challenge from Sen. Rick Scott in the first-ever attempt to oust him after many years as GOP leader.
Trump responded to the criticism and released a statement attacking McConnell and his leadership in the Senate.
“McConnell’s dedication to business as usual, status quo policies, together with his lack of political insight, wisdom, skill, and personality, has rapidly driven him from Majority Leader to Minority Leader, and it will only get worse,” Trump wrote.
In the February poll, only 21 percent of Republican voters said they had heard about Trump’s criticisms of McConnell.
Since that time, Trump has issued a number of other statements calling for McConnell to be ousted from Senate leadership.
According to the Morning Consult poll, 43 percent of Republicans have never heard Trump say McConnell should be replaced in Senate leadership.