Former Senate Republican Chief Mitch McConnell (Ky.) mentioned he had “candid” conversations with President Trump when requested about experiences that he and Trump acquired into “screaming matches” throughout the president’s first time period in workplace.
“We had a candid relationship,” McConnell mentioned with a chuckle when requested by Lesley Stahl about his screaming matches with Trump throughout an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
Requested about Trump’s remark that McConnell is a “sullen … unsmiling political hack,” McConnell opted to not return fireplace throughout the interview.
And when requested about his feedback, reported in current biography, that he thought that Trump was “nasty” and a “sleazeball,” McConnell responded: “Those were private comments.”
“But they’re in your biography,” Stahl interjected.
“Yeah,” McConnell admitted.
The veteran Kentucky lawmaker additionally criticized Trump for pardoning folks convicted of crimes associated to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol and revealed he hasn’t spoken with Trump for “quite a while.”
“I was very upset about what happened Jan. 6,” he mentioned.
McConnell informed Stahl he seen the occasions of that day an “insurrection.”
“I think pardoning people who’ve been convicted is a mistake,” he mentioned.
