On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for voting for President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.
“Why the old crow Mitch McConnell voted for a bad Democratic socialist infrastructure plan and tempted other people in his party to do the same, but he could not get a great idea proposed by me and the Republican Party? Infrastructure plan?” Trump asked in his statement Added that while Republicans still control the White House, McConnell should help obtain the former president’s own infrastructure bill.
Trump said: “All infrastructure funds, 2 trillion U.S. dollars, will be invested in real infrastructure construction.”
The former president continued to accuse McConnell of allowing the Democrats to “suspend for two months, just enough time for them to figure out all this.”
Hill reported that McConnell was Not involved Democrats in the House of Representatives shelved the bill for more than two months before finally transferring to Biden’s office late last week.
This is not the first time Trump has referred to McConnell as the “old crow.” In response to previous references, McConnell said: “This is an honor.”
The latest insult took place after McConnell said that the Infrastructure Act was a “godsend” for Kentucky. He also said on Monday that the plan will help provide the state with approximately $4 billion in funding.Earlier statement Regarding voting, Trump said: “All Republicans who voted for the longevity of the Democratic Party should be ashamed of themselves.”
Since McConnell said last month that he believes Trump’s focus on the outcome of the 2020 election may have a negative impact on the Republican Party’s chances of winning a majority, the tensions between the two seem to have increased in the past few weeks. . The upcoming mid-term elections.
In a conversation with CNN’s Manu Raju, McConnell said that he thought “we need to consider About the future Instead of the past”, he hopes that the 2022 elections “will be a referendum on the performance of the current government, not a recommendation on what might happen in 2020.” “
At the same time, the Democrats are now expected to take action to clear Other obstacles According to CNBC, after Biden’s biggest bipartisan victory to date, a separate package including climate and social security expenditures was developed.
In addition to expecting little support from the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, the Democrats also need to get all 50 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus to support the $1.75 trillion bill if it is approved in the House of Representatives.
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