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Trump demands GOP staffer be fired for making McConnell look 'out of it'
Key takeaways
- Mitch Mc Connell (R-Ky.) look out of it while leading a recent Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.
- This was a case where Mitch wasn t confused, he just didn t understand why he was being asked to do something when it was too late, and people were wrapping up to leave — They wanted to go home, he added.
- When McConnell attempted to conclude the hearing, during which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen.
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Mitch Mc Connell (R-Ky.) look out of it while leading a recent Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.
The guy that came up to Mitch Mc Connell today when Mc Connell thought the hearing was over and started speaking in his ear for Mitch to belatedly introduce some other people, all Democrats and, by doing so, made Mitch look foolish and completely out of it, should be immediately fired! Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
This was a case where Mitch wasn t confused, he just didn t understand why he was being asked to do something when it was too late, and people were wrapping up to leave — They wanted to go home, he added.
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