“Why are Republican senators allowing a corrupt political hack, Mitch McConnell, to openly disparage hard-working Republican candidates for the United States Senate,” Trump said on his Truth Social Media website late Saturday. “This is such an insult to honor and leadership. He should be spending more time (and money!) helping them get elected and less time helping his crazy wife and family get rich in China!” continued, leveling long-standing accusations against Elaine Chao, McConnell’s wife and Trump’s transportation secretary. Former President Donald Trump slammed Senator Mitch McConnell, calling him a “corrupted hack.” Truth/@realDonaldTrump McConnell, the Senate minority leader, downplayed his party’s chances of winning the Senate in November. “I think there’s probably a better chance of overturning the House than the Senate,” he told the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. “Senate races are just different. It’s all over the state. The quality of the candidates has a lot to do with the result,” he continued. McConnell did not name specific candidates, but a group of Senate candidates backed by Trump are battling in the polls. Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz is trailing Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in Pennsylvania by double digits, former football great Herschel Walker is trailing Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia and Blake Masters is 8 percentage points behind Sen. Mark Kelley in Arizona. Only JD Vance, author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” is running a close race against Rep. Tim Ryan in Ohio. The Senate Leadership Fund, a group aligned with McConnell, said last week it would buy $28 million worth of ads in Ohio to boost Vance. Donald Trump took to Truth Social to blast Sen. Mitch McConnell.NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell downplayed his party’s chances of winning the Senate in November.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Trump’s Justice Department declined to investigate Chao after the Transportation Department’s inspector general found she may have misused her office to support her family’s businesses in China, according to a report released in March 2021.
