'Despicable human being': McConnell's 2020 thoughts on 'sleazeball' Trump revealed in new book
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Mitch McConnell's years of private criticism of Trump are revealed in excerpts ahead of the release of a new book on the Senate Republican leader.
In "The Price of Power," the leader is quoted saying, "I can’t think of anybody I’d rather be criticized by than this sleazeball," in 2022, as Trump continued to attack his wife, former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, calling her "Coco Chow." Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
McConnell provided a series of oral histories for the forthcoming book by Michael Tackett, deputy Washington bureau chief of the Associated Press. Follow Julia's reporting on X at @JuliaaJohnson_ and send tips to Julia.Johnson@fox.com.
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