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Former President Trump in an interview early Thursday knocked President Biden for his handling of the situation at the southern border, saying he did not dedicate enough time on the subject during his joint address to Congress.
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Asked by Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo
“I think we’re going to do very well. We need good leadership. Mitch McConnell has not done a great job, I think they should change Mitch McConnell,” Trump said during the interview Thursday morning.
McConnell and Trump are polar opposite personalities but were strong allies through most of the previous administration, with the Senate GOP leader frequently refusing to weigh in on some of Trump s biggest scandals.
But their relationship unraveled late last year and the two haven t spoken since mid-December.
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Senate Republicans have blamed Trump s false claims of widespread voter fraud for damaging them in Georgia, where the losses cost them the Senate majority. Though McConnell voted to acquit Trump in his second impeachment trial, he also denounced him from the Senate floor as morally responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, where a pro-Trump mob breached the building for hours.
Asked by Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo
“I think we’re going to do very well. We need good leadership. Mitch McConnell has not done a great job, I think they should change Mitch McConnell,” Trump said during an hourlong interview Thursday morning.
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But Trump said his own support of GOP candidates would help Republicans win back Congress.
“I’m looking at the right people to endorse and when I endorse people it means a lot,” he said. “I think we’re going to have a great victory in 2022. I think we’re going to take back the House. Everybody’s working very hard.”