Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell says former president Donald Trump’s influence in the Republican Party is on the wane and is vowing to take a more active role in discouraging unelectable senate candidates of the ilk Mr Trump endorsed in 2022.
Mr McConnell told NBC News he and the allies who run the Senate Leadership Fund political action committee will be “less inclined to accept cards that may be dealt to us” by endorsements from Mr Trump, who he has blamed for making the Republican Party’s image toxic among suburban independent and swing voters, two groups who largely defected to Democrats over the last few election cycles.
