Former President Donald Trump expressed his opinion that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should step down.
During an interview on Breitbart with host Matt Boyle on Sunday, Trump said that we “have to have that” in response to a question from the host asking if McConnell should step down. The interview comes days after McConnell froze up in the middle of a sentence.
“I think we have to have that. No, we have to have that,” Trump told the host.
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Trump added that there were Republican politicians in the Senate who he described as “fantastic” and “would be great” at McConnell’s position.
Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) were cited as “doing a great job” by Trump.
McConnell’s freeze-up was described as being “sad” by Trump who also criticized several policy moves of McConnell’s.
“At the same time, I hope he’s well,” Trump added.
McConnell’s freeze comes months after he had been hospitalized after falling during a private dinner. It was later revealed that McConnell had a concussion from the incident.
In between these incidents, McConnell allegedly had another incident on July 14 in which he had tripped and fell while leaving a plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, according to NBC News.