11/17/2021

MITCH MCCONNELL: “Former President Trump ripped into Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) once again on Wednesday [November 17, 2021], giving the leader an invective-filled ultimatum to stand firm against raising the debt ceiling and keep his conference unified against President Biden’s spending agenda…

Trump’s scathing statement follows several similar attacks in recent days in which he lashed out at ‘Old Crow’ McConnell for voting for the hard infrastructure bill along with 18 other Senate Republicans and 13 House Republicans…

Trump argued that McConnell should have used the October expiration of the debt limit to bring Biden’s agenda to a grinding halt by refusing to help Democrats extend the nation’s borrowing authority for two months.”

-Alexander Bolton, “Trump gives McConnell insult-filled ultimatum on Biden agenda,” thehill.com, November 17, 2021