Trump looks to depose Mitch McConnell: report

Shant Shahrigian

He’s got an itch to ditch Mitch.

Former President Donald Trump is strategizing to depose Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., waits to speak during a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., waits to speak during a Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021.

While the Kentucky Republican backed Trump throughout his turbulent term, the senator rejected Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him and denounced the Jan. 6 riot he incited.

The two also have disagreed over key policy like the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill in Congress, the Journal said.

Former President Donald Trump, still an influential voice in the GOP, is looking to oust Sen. Mitch McConnell as Senate minority leader, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Former President Donald Trump, still an influential voice in the GOP, is looking to oust Sen. Mitch McConnell as Senate minority leader, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The 45th president recently spoke with lawmakers and allies about finding a replacement to lead Senate Republicans, according to the Journal.

Trump declined to say whether he was recruiting challengers but voiced his approval for ditching McConnell, saying, “He’s very bad for the Republican Party.”

In spite of his two impeachments, Trump appears to maintain a death grip on the GOP, most of whose politicians push the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. A majority of GOP voters believe the lie.

Meanwhile, McConnell remains a bastion of the old-school GOP.

“Naw, I’m not going to get in that fight,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) told the Journal.

McConnell “is doing a good job,” said the senator, a Trump loyalist.

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