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Former President Donald Trump in a new interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep escalated his highly public feud with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, referring to the Kentucky Republican as a "loser."
Trump placed blame on McConnell for why certain GOP senators are not continuing to push his "Big Lie" regarding the 2020 election, or the groundless notion that it was "rigged."
When Inskeep asked Trump why he thought Republican senators like Mike Rounds of South Dakota have gone against the former president's false claims about 2020, Trump said, "Because Mitch McConnell is a loser. And frankly, Mitch McConnell, if he were on the other side and if Schumer were put in his position, he would have been fighting this like you've never seen before."
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