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Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that he believes Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell’s obvious health issues mean the longtime Kentucky senator should not continue to lead Senate Republicans and that the party needs a fresh face atop the conference.
Trump said during an exclusive nearly hourlong interview at his golf club in northern New Jersey on Thursday evening that he saw the video of McConnell having some kind of health episode during a Wednesday press conference.
“I did,” Trump said when asked if he saw the video of McConnell at the press conference, which showed the Senate GOP leader trailing off mid-sentence before other Senate Republicans escorted him to his office. Shortly after, McConnell returned to the podium and made more comments — but news broke later that since a brutal fall down the steps at a hotel earlier this year McConnell has had several other major health incidents including a previously unreported fall at the airport in earlier in July. While they are currently publicly supporting McConnell, Republican senators are reportedly privately very concerned the ailing Senate GOP leader is in trouble in the long haul.
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