Trump slams McConnell, says senator should attend Biden signing ceremony

Former President Trump slammed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a statement Saturday, saying the Senate minority leader should attend the White House signing ceremony for the bipartisan infrastructure package passed by the House on Nov. 5.

McConnell has touted the infrastructure bill in his home state and was one of 19 Senate Republicans to vote to pass it in August.

However, McConnell said he will not attend the White House signing ceremony for the bill.

“Mitch McConnell has stated that he will not go to the signing of the ‘Non-Infrastructure’ Bill (only 11% for real Infrastructure) or, as it is sometimes called, the Elect Democrats in 2022/24 Act,” Trump said in a statement.

“Based on the fact that the Old Crow convinced many Republican Senators to vote for the Bill, greatly jeopardizing their chance of winning re-election, and that he led the way, he should go to the signing and put up with the scorn from Great Republican Patriots that are already lambasting him,” he added.

McConnell said he would not go to the signing ceremony because he has “other things I’ve got to do.”

Trump and McConnell were allies during the former president’s tenure, but their relationship soured after McConnell congratulated President Biden for winning the presidency in December 2020.

McConnell later lambasted Trump for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, saying the former president was “practically and morally responsible” for it.

In his statement, Trump said McConnell has given a “lifeline” to Democrats for the 2022 midterm elections.

“It gives Biden and the Democrats a victory just as they were falling off the cliff,” Trump said. “Our Country is being destroyed while Mitch McConnell gives lifelines to those who are destroying it!”