Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday slapped down former President Trump’s statement that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” by pointing out Trump appointed hi…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday slapped down former President Trump’s statement that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” by pointing out Trump appointed his wife, Elaine Chao, who is Taiwanese American, to serve as secretary of Transportation in 2016.

Asked about Trump’s controversial comments, which have drawn comparison to Nazi rhetoric before and during World War II, McConnell pointed out the hypocrisy of the remarks.

“It strikes me that didn’t bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao the secretary of Transportation,” he said.

Chao also served in former President George W. Bush’s Cabinet as secretary of Labor, becoming the first Asian Pacific American woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet.

  • 800XL@lemmy.world
    71·
    11 months ago

    Moscow Mitch engineered the conditions for this in the first place and didn’t have a problem with it during president drink bleach’s term. Fuck him and fuck his wife too. She could have spoke up to bitch Mitch and had him do something.

    My money is on this just being a stunt in a bigger play. He doesn’t care about her just like “My dead name is Raphael and I identify as Ted” Cruz didn’t do shit when drink bleach talked shit about his wife.