Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was drowned out by an angry crowd during remarks at the Fancy Farm picnic in Kentucky over the weekend; “Shame on you,” “Ditch Mitch,” “Retire” and “Lost the Senate,” we’re all thrown at the 81-year-old lawmaker.
From The New York Post:
“This is my 28th Fancy Farm, and I want to assure you it’s not my last,” McConnell said at the top of his breakfast speech, only vaguely addressing the overarching concerns about his health.
McConnell, seemingly unbothered, continued with his speech without acknowledging the hostile reception and repeated taunts from what Associated Press reported were Democrats in the crowd.
“My friends, I’ll be honest, it’s not hard for Republicans to look good these days,” McConnell could barely be heard saying amid the roaring crowd.
In video footage of his speech, McConnell is barely heard as the raucous crowd shouts “Retire!” before an overwhelming wave of booing takes over.
McConnell stuck to his script this weekend and did not acknowledge comments made by former President Donald Trump, who over the weekend described McConnell as “perhaps the worst leader in the history of our country running the Senate.”
Watch the clip above.
Donald Trump also ripped into Mitch at a rally in South Carolina over the weekend, calling him the “worst leader in history.”
“These guys, what they’re doing with the election interference and the Senate has to step up and do something. The House is doing a lot of things,” Trump said. “The Senate under, perhaps the worst leader in the history of the country running the senate, Mitch McConnell has to stand up and do something.”
Watch a clip of Trump going after McConnell below:
"I'm telling you Lindsey they have something on Mitch McConnell!" President Donald J. Trump Speaks at South Carolina GOP Dinner pic.twitter.com/CbfGMFjJDR
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