Trump pushes for primary challenges against McConnell and others who ‘vote with him’

By Cami Mondeaux

Published January 9, 2023 4:08pm ET

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Trump pushes for primary challenges against McConnell and others who ‘vote with him’ — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., third from right, accompanied by from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters following a Senate Republican Policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. | (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Former President Donald Trump issued his latest attack against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), encouraging Republicans to pose primary challenges against the Kentucky Republican and any GOP lawmaker who votes with him.

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