THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 03: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center in The Villages on October 03, 2019 in The Villages, Florida. President Trump spoke about Medicare, and signed an executive order calling for further privatizing of it. Donald Trump. (Image: Getty)
During a rambling speech to GOP donors in Mar-a-Lago, mere hours before the Republican National Committee (RNC) donor retreat on Saturday night, former President Donald Trump ripped Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and called him a “dumb son of a b—h.”
Trump accused McConnell of not doing enough to defend him during the February impeachment trial.
In addition, Trump also went after McConnell’s wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, for resigning from her cabinet post after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
McConnell did not immediately respond.
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