During an interview with New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, former President Donald Trump said that he would still be in the White House if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has supported his claims the election was stolen.
The Hill reports:
”Had Mitch stuck with many members of the party who knew the election was rigged, I think we wouldn’t be at Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said in an interview at his resort in Florida, an excerpt of the reporters’ “This Will Not Pass” book that was obtained by Punchbowl News states.
“We would be at the White House having this conversation,” he added.
While Sen. McConnell and Trump seemed to work amicably together throughout his term the two Republicans’ relationship took a nosedive following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. However, the Kentucky Republican has said he would support Trump in 2024 if he wins the Republican nomination.
“I think I have an obligation to support the nominee of my party,” McConnell said. “That will mean that whoever the nominee is has gone out and earned the nomination.”
Trump, however, has not been nearly as forgiving.
“Why is it that Old Crow Mitch McConnell voted for a terrible Democrat Socialist Infrastructure Plan, and induced others in his Party to do likewise, when he was incapable of getting a great Infrastructure Plan wanting to be put forward by me and the Republican Party?” Trump asked after McConnell voted last year for the bipartisan infrastructure plan.