According to a report, former President Donald Trump said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was a “son of a bitch” during a donor night in Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, according to a report.
Trump deviated from his prepared comments when he attacked the Kentucky lawmaker, Reuters reported, citing an attendee at the Republican National Committee dinner in Palm Beach, Florida.
Vice President Mike Pence was also a target of the former president’s anger.
Trump said he recently told Pence that he was still disappointed in him for not intervening to stop Congress from certifying President Biden’s election victory, something the vice president did not have the authority to do.
Pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in an effort to stop the certification of votes, some of them trapped in the camera shouting that Pence should be hanged.
Speaking to hundreds of top donors on Saturday, Trump did not rule out seeking another term in 2024, but said any talks on his candidacy should wait until after the November 2022 by-elections.
McConnell and Pence’s representatives did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.