Ex-President Donald Trump (right) said he agreed that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (left) should retire (Pictures: AP)
Former President Donald Trump added insult to injury by celebrating a crowd chanting for an 81-year-old Republican leader to retire.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was heckled while speaking at the Fancy Farm picnic, an annual political event in his home state of Kentucky.
Part of McConnell’s speech on Saturday was inaudible as the crowd began booing him and calling for him to retire. McConnell continued speaking into a microphone, acting unfazed by the dissenting cries.
‘I AGREE!’ Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday night, along with a video clip of the episode.
Ex-President Donald Trump made fun of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on his Truth Social platform (Picture: Truth Social/@realDonaldTrump)
‘“BOOOOO—RETIRE, RETIRE, RETIRE—BOOOOO!!!”’
The event happened less than two weeks after McConnell froze mid-speech during a weekly Republican leadership briefing at the US Capitol, prompting questions around his health and whether he is fit to serve in government.
On Saturday, McConnell finished off by telling the crowd that ‘this is my 28th Fancy Farm and I want to assure you it’s not my last’.
‘The people of this state have chosen me seven times to do this job, and I want you to know how grateful I am,’ continued McConnell, according to CNN.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke during the annual St Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm on Saturday (Picture: AP)
A spokesperson for McConnell told the Daily Mail on Monday of the latest incident: ‘It wouldn’t be Fancy Farm if Democrats weren’t heckling every Republican and vice versa – it’s been a very spirited event for decades.’
When McConnell froze during a press conference on July 26, fellow Republicans escorted him away from the podium after he did not seem to respond to them asking if he was good to continue. McConnell returned to the presser a few minutes later and when asked if it was linked to his concussion earlier this year, he replied: ‘No, I’m fine.’
Trump, 77, showed no hesitation in making fun of McConnell, despite possibly having to work with him in the future if he wins the 2024 presidential election.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (center) froze at the microphones as he arrived for a news conference at the Capitol on July 26 (Credits: AP)
It is far from the only occasion in recent time that Trump has bashed fellow political figures.
A week ago during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Trump called President Joe Biden a ‘dumb son of a b***h’.
‘We have somebody that’s not at the top of his game, never was at the top of a game, never was,’ said Trump. ‘We have a guy who is a dumb son of a b***h.’
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Ex-President Donald Trump celebrated a crowd’s chants for Republican leader Mitch McConnell, 81, to retire.
