Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the US Senate, endorsed Donald Trump for president despite years of acrimony including Trump calling McConnell a “piece of shit” and attacking his wife in racist terms, and McConnell deeming Trump “practically and morally responsible” for the January 6 insurrection.
“It is abundantly clear that Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for president of the United States,” McConnell, 82, told the Washington Post on Wednesday, after Trump dominated the Super Tuesday primaries and his last rival, Nikki Haley, dropped out.
