Obama and McConnell mind meld on Trump

Published July 5, 2016 4:01am ET



Republican leaders disagree with President Obama on almost everything. Yet, when it comes to discussing presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, they and the president can sound remarkably similar.

“You’re a great entertainer; you turn on audiences; you’re good before a crowd; you have a lot of Twitter followers. That worked fine for you in the primaries. But now that you are in the general [election], people are looking for a level of seriousness,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Time Warner on Wednesday.

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