McConnell was ‘counting the days’ until Trump left officeThe comments about Trump quoted in the book came in the weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Just after Trump was elected in 2016, as Congress was certifying the election, McConnell told Biden, then the outgoing vice president, that he thought Trump could be trouble, Tackett writes. AdvertisementIn 2017, as Trump publicly criticized McConnell for the Senate’s failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump and McConnell had a heated argument on the phone. Then Trump invited McConnell to the White House and called a joint news conference without telling him first. Support HuffPost by creating a free account and log in while you read.

Source: Huffington Post October 17, 2024 23:35 UTC