Trump Hits McConnell, Claims He Made Him Least Popular in Senate

• Trump jabbed at Mitch McConnell in a Truth Social post, suggesting he caused a drop in his polling.
• “See what I can do to people?” Trump gloated at polling that showed McConnell as least popular. 
• There is no clear link between the result and Trump. McConnell has ranked poorly for years.

Former President Donald Trump gloated over a poll identifying Mitch McConnell as the least popular US senator, making the questionable claim that he was to thank.

In the latest salvo of his ongoing feud with the Senate minority leader, Trump posted a screenshot of a Monday Morning Consult poll to his Truth Social page. It was accompanied with the comment: “See what I can do to people? This was an easy one!”

Trump has pointedly attacked McConnell over statements he made after the January 6 Capitol riot, which were recently replayed at the January 6 committee hearings. 

At the July 21 hearing, listeners heard McConnell say that the Capitol rioters were “fed lies” and were “provoked by the president,” meaning Trump. That prompted Trump to call McConnell a “disloyal sleaze bag” on Truth Social the same day.

But if Trump was suggesting his latest jabs sent McConnell’s to the bottom of the rankings, it’s unlikely — the Morning Consult poll collected quarterly data between April 1 and June 30, before the latest exchange.

It found that 62% of people polled disapproved of McConnell’s performance, while 31% approved and 7% didn’t know. It’s only a small shift for the worse compared to his polling the previous quarter, Morning Consult said. 

McConnell has repeatedly polled poorly in the long-running Morning Consult series, and has held the last spot over and over since at least 2016, before his major run-ins with Trump.

Trump and McConnell have been feuding since almost the beginning of Trump’s presidency in 2017.

The attacks have intensified since Trump left office, with Trump attacked McConnell as an “old crow” — or, as he said during a May rally, “an old broken down crow.”

“Mitch McConnell is the least popular politician in the country,” he told the crowd. 

McConnell has been instrumental in some key wins for Trump, including the securing of a third Supreme Court pick in the waning days of his presidency.

And despite his comments following the Capitol riot, he voted to acquit Trump after he was impeached over events on January 6. 

McConnell’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.