These two have had troubles over the years, but this might be a new low.
Donald Trump attacked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week, calling him a “disloyal sleaze bag” after the January 6 House Select committee played clips of him working to clear the Capitol during the insurrection.
The former president posted a number of irate messages on his Truth Social platform before, during and after the panel’s live hearing on the Capitol attack Thursday night.
In one post, Trump appeared to react to never-before-seen footage of McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling then-Secretary of Defense Chris Miller from a secure location on January 6.
“We’re not going to let these people keep us from finishing our business,” McConnell said in the video, in an apparent reference to the certification of the 2020 election results which the Trump supporters attempted to prevent with the attack.
“So we need you to get the building cleared, give us the OK so we can go back in session and finish up the people’s business as soon as possible,” McConnell said.
In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump said: “Is this the same Mitch McConnell who was losing big in Kentucky, and came to the White House to BEG me for an Endorsement and help? Without me he would have lost in a landslide. A disloyal sleaze bag!”
The latest January 6 hearing focused on Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction as the violence was unfolding, including failing to call any law enforcement or government agency who could help to end the riot and merely watching it unfold from the White House dining room.
Instead, the panel said it was Vice President Mike Pence and Congressional leaders who were taking the necessary steps to stop the violence.
The panel also played recorded testimony from Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said there were “two or three calls” with Pence on January 6.
“He was very animated and he issued very explicit, very direct, unambiguous orders,” Milley said, adding Pence was “very firm” in telling Miller “Get the military down here, get the guard down here, put down this situation.”
Since January 6, McConnell has spoken out against Trump’s and the Republican National Committee’s assessment of the attack.
In February, he criticized the RNC for censuring Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger—the only two Republicans on the January 6 House Select Committee—and its description of the riot as “legitimate political discourse.”
“Let me give you my view of what happened on January 6. We saw what happened,” McConnell told reporters on February 8. “It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election, from one administration to the next.”
McConnell also spoke out against Trump’s suggestion that he would pardon those convicted for the role in the Capitol riot, saying he would “not be in favor of shortening any of the sentences” for those who plead guilty.
“The election of 2020 was decided December 14 of 2020 when the Electoral College certified the winner of the election,” McConnell said. “What we saw here on January the 6th was an effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another, which has never happened before in our country.”
TrueNews has reached out to McConnell for comment.
Trump is only about Trump. The only candidates for the POTUS in the past three elections have been McCain, Romney and Trump versus Obama, Clinton, and Biden. None have the character, integrity, and leadership abilities of those such as Washington, Adams, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan.
Let that soak in, because that is our fault, and will be our fate.
07/22/2022
I voted for former President Trump against Clinton and Biden. And I will vote for whoever runs against the future Democrat/Socialist/Communist candidate. They believe not only that all is fair in love and war, but whatever leftist Democrats say and do. They lie, cheat, and steal continually. Their core value is that the end justifies the means. They are EVIL; LET ME REPEAT, EVIL.
However, former President Trump should NOT be our candidate for the next POTUS. He had many good programs and policies, but his time wasted on McCain put Biden in office and the Democrats in power in the House and Senate.
His criticism of McCain for being a POW in North Vietnam cost us the open Senate seat in Arizona and therefore the Democrats now control the Senate. Ten of my 1964 USAF Academy classmates (pilots) endured that North Vietnam POW torture and hell. Several others died in combat. Former President Trump never once put his life on the line in war.
And his recent negative comments about Colin Powell are another example of how to lose votes from those who served with and respect his service to our country.
Trump needs to read about the success of Reagan and Coolidge who focused on programs and never wasted time belittling their political opponents.
And why does former President Trump criticize his most loyal friends and staff who may disagree with him? He is not a god and all knowing, and his biggest faults are his lack of humility (PRIDE), big ego, failure to listen to others, attacks on people because they aren’t physically beautiful, and his wasted efforts to belittle his political opponents.
We will need former President Trump’s financial help and the support of those who voted for him in the past, and only by selecting persons like DeSantis, Haley, Tim Scott, Pence, John Kennedy, Rick Scott, and Mike Pompeo will our next POTUS and Vice POTUS be experienced and wise conservatives that can save our nation.
Regarding former President Trump, I admire many of his attributes, but he has too many negative political deficiencies.
Thanks from John C. Sowers
Retired Military
Hot Spring Village, AR
501-226-3039
07/22/2022
Mr. Trump,
I am retired military, with over 30 years’ service. At minimum, two things you have said more than anger me.
First, I graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1964 and many of my classmates died in combat or were captured as POWs. You said that those captured were losers when you so criticized McCain. I know you have never served in the military and in a combat zone. So, as CS Lewis stated in his book Mere Christianity, you should keep your mouth shut about war, as you know nothing about it.
Second, you claim to be a Christian and have never had to ask for forgiveness. You are not Jesus, so you have sinned in mind and deed (rebelled against God and his teachings and commandments) so please stop your spiritual charade. You would do well to talk to Mr. Pence who seems to have his life priorities straight.
I could go on about your many past negative statements, but your advisors and family should have enough courage to tell you to stop your arrogant, vain, and pompous comments and behavior. We need leadership and that includes controlling your mouth.
I live in a political Red state, and many conservative Christians voted for Biden because of your continuous caustic comments and uncontrolled anger and behavior.
John Sowers
Hot Springs Village, AR
501-226-3039
The only candidates for the POTUS in the past three elections have been McCain, Romney and Trump versus Obama, Clinton, and Biden. None have the character, integrity, and leadership abilities of those such as Washington, Adams, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan.
Let that soak in, because that is our fault, and will be our fate.
07/22/2022
I voted for former President Trump against Clinton and Biden. And I will vote for whoever runs against the future Democrat/Socialist/Communist candidate. They believe not only that all is fair in love and war, but whatever leftist Democrats say and do. They lie, cheat, and steal continually. Their core value is that the end justifies the means. They are EVIL; LET ME REPEAT, EVIL.
However, former President Trump should NOT be our candidate for the next POTUS. He had many good programs and policies, but his time wasted on McCain put Biden in office and the Democrats in power in the House and Senate.
His criticism of McCain for being a POW in North Vietnam cost us the open Senate seat in Arizona and therefore the Democrats now control the Senate. Ten of my 1964 USAF Academy classmates (pilots) endured that North Vietnam POW torture and hell. Several others died in combat. Former President Trump never once put his life on the line in war.
And his recent negative comments about Colin Powell are another example of how to lose votes from those who served with and respect his service to our country.
Trump needs to read about the success of Reagan and Coolidge who focused on programs and never wasted time belittling their political opponents.
And why does former President Trump criticize his most loyal friends and staff who may disagree with him? He is not a god and all knowing, and his biggest faults are his lack of humility (PRIDE), big ego, failure to listen to others, attacks on people because they aren’t physically beautiful, and his wasted efforts to belittle his political opponents.
We will need former President Trump’s financial help and the support of those who voted for him in the past, and only by selecting persons like DeSantis, Haley, Tim Scott, Pence, John Kennedy, Rick Scott, and Mike Pompeo will our next POTUS and Vice POTUS be experienced and wise conservatives that can save our nation.
Regarding former President Trump, I admire many of his attributes, but he has too many negative political deficiencies.
Thanks from John C. Sowers
Retired Military
Hot Spring Village, AR
501-226-3039
07/22/2022
Mr. Trump,
I am retired military, with over 30 years’ service. At minimum, two things you have said more than anger me.
First, I graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1964 and many of my classmates died in combat or were captured as POWs. You said that those captured were losers when you so criticized McCain. I know you have never served in the military and in a combat zone. So, as CS Lewis stated in his book Mere Christianity, you should keep your mouth shut about war, as you know nothing about it.
Second, you claim to be a Christian and have never had to ask for forgiveness. You are not Jesus, so you have sinned in mind and deed (rebelled against God and his teachings and commandments) so please stop your spiritual charade. You would do well to talk to Mr. Pence who seems to have his life priorities straight.
I could go on about your many past negative statements, but your advisors and family should have enough courage to tell you to stop your arrogant, vain, and pompous comments and behavior. We need leadership and that includes controlling your mouth.
I live in a political Red state, and many conservative Christians voted for Biden because of your continuous caustic comments and uncontrolled anger and behavior.
John Sowers
Hot Springs Village, AR
501-226-3039
As a Viet Nam veteran, I fully agree with much of what Mr. Sowers says but I also believe that most Republican candidates and Presidents have been weak. I voted for John McCain and felt that he was a military hero for what he did in war. At the same time, McCain,and Romney were very weak candidates. Trump on the other hand was a very strong candidate but he had too big of a mouth. I believe he will run, win and get our country back for the people and at the same time open the Presidency to Republicans for many years to come. The democrats are EVIL and they must have all their idiot policies destroyed as Trump was able to do to Obama’s wrong policies in Obama’s first and second terms. Now in Obama’s third term, his policies are even more outrageous and only Trump will be able to destroy them all but he must watch who he surrounds himself with.
President Trump did ask for the National Guard and the Police and was denied by Pelosi, Why would he keep asking?!
Oh blah blah blah….Trump is one of the few men with enough brass and courage to take on these swamp rats…and all you people can do is keep dragging him down…he should go down in history as one of the greatest influences in exposing the true corruption and mismanagement of our government…so he says things others are just thinking but don’t say….he’s been the most transparent president we’ve ever had…and frankly, I find it refreshing….I’ve had enough of being “politically correct”….and I’d vote for him again in a heartbeat if he ran…..everyday I think how differently things would be if they hadn’t managed to steal the election…and..”yes”…I said “steal”…..so put that in your pipe and smoke it…..!