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Former President Donald Trump defeated Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, who blamed him for losing the Senate GOP while the former leader of the leader argued it would have been worse if not for his own efforts .
Trump said in a live video message at MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s MAGA Frank Free Speech rally at the River Apple Edge concert venue in New Richmond, Wisconsin, on Saturday. The former president and Lindell went on to promote irrelevant conspiracy theories about the 2020 election at the event-which drew thousands of attendees-claiming it was “fooled” by President Joe Biden and the Democrats.
“If it weren’t for me, now the Senate would be 60-40 against,” Trump said at the event, claiming that Democrats would have 10 more seats than they currently have in the equally separated legislative chamber of Congress. “Because I make teleconference calls-they call these city hall calls-speaking to tens of thousands of people, for congressional and senator candidates,” the former president said.
“And it will be 60-40 against instead of 50-50,” Trump added, before attacking the GOP Senate minority leader. “And unfortunately Mitch McConnell, in what he was doing, hit us so badly in Georgia. We lost those two seats. We couldn’t have lost those two seats.”
Former President Donald Trump claimed Saturday that the Senate would be 60 Democrats out of 40 Republicans if not for his own efforts before the 2020 election. In this photo, Trump said at the NCGOP state convention on June 5 in Greenville , North Carolina. Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty Images
The former president repeatedly criticized and attacked McConnell, after the Kentucky Republican condemned his actions that led to the Jan. 6 insurgency that targeted the U.S. Capitol. Although McConnell did not join seven GOP senators in voting to convict Trump of inciting violence, he refused to defend Trump and directly blamed him for the attack.
“There is no question that President Trump is practically and responsibly responsible for provoking events today,” McConnell said in a Senate speech in February. “The people who rushed to this building believe they are acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.”
Newsweek reached out to McConnell’s office for comment on what Trump said but did not immediately receive a response.
In his remarks Saturday, Trump reiterated that the 2020 election was “completely rigged,” while Lindell and other conservative speakers at the event submitted similar false claims. Dozens of lawsuits over election challenges filed by Trump and his allies have already been dropped in state and federal courts. Even judges appointed by Trump and other Republicans have denied the allegations. Moreover, election audits and reporting on major battlefield states-including the areas where Republicans watched the election-reaffirmed Biden’s victory.
Former Attorney General William Barr, widely viewed as one of Trump’s most loyal members of the Cabinet, said in December that there was no “evidence” to support claims of widespread voter fraud. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency also told the Department of Homeland Security late last year that “there is no evidence that any voting system has removed or lost votes, altered votes, or in any way compromised.”
McConnell had earlier removed criticism from Trump. In early March, he responded sarcastically after Trump argued that the Kentucky lawmaker got 20 points in Kentucky because of his endorsement. “Yeah, well, I want to thank him for the 15-point margin I had in 2014 as well,” McConnell replied to a reporter when asked about Trump’s claim.
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