Mitch McConnell, in response to Donald Trump's comments about immigrants 'poisoning the blood' of the country, pointed out that Trump didn't seem bothered when he appointed Elaine Chao, McConnell's wife, as transportation secretary. McConnell invoked Chao, who was born in Taiwan, and served as Trump's transportation secretary, in his rebuke of Trump's remarks. McConnell's rare pushback against Trump's remarks highlights the tension within the Republican Party over immigration issues.
.@ReedGalen on @MSNBC remarks that Trump's comments about immigrants “poisoning the blood” of our country is not only completely anti-American but an affront to the pro-immigration stance the Republican Party has historically taken. https://t.co/JRIdFOrR4b
Mitch McConnell invokes wife Elaine Chao after Donald Trump says immigrants 'poisoning' U.S. https://t.co/QhDAcYJtAQ
.@nberlat: “At the New Hampshire rally last weekend, [Trump] didn’t dwell on immigrants competing for jobs. Instead, he framed them as dangerous in themselves; just by virtue of existing they are “poisoning the blood” of the country.” | @atrupar https://t.co/OSEatUR5Az
Sen. Mitch McConnell invokes his wife’s name in a rare pushback against Trump‘s claim that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of Americans Elaine Chao, an immigrant from Taiwan, was Trump’s transportation secretary for almost four years https://t.co/duIvlEPtwD
Mitch McConnell delivered a sharp retort to Donald Trump’s remark that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country," invoking his wife, Elaine Chao, who was born in Taiwan and served as Trump's transportation secretary, in his response. https://t.co/WM2q5rWCuN
Mitch McConnell delivered a sharp retort to Donald Trump’s remark that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country," invoking his wife, Elaine Chao, who was born in Taiwan and served as Trump's transportation secretary, in his rebuke. https://t.co/WM2q5rWCuN
.@mkraju: “Are you comfortable with your party's leading presidential candidate referring to legal immigrants as people who are poisoning the blood of our country?” Mitch McConnell: “That didn't bother him when he appointed [my wife] Elaine Chao Secretary of Transportation.” https://t.co/UfVw7IMdgL
McConnell on Trump’s saying immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country”: “Well, it strikes me that it didn't bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao Secretary of Transportation”
Just asked Mitch McConnell about Trump’s “poisoning the blood” comments. “Well it strikes me that didn’t bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao Secretary of Transportation,” he said, referring to his wife
McConnell on Trump’s comment re: migrants “poisoning the blood” of US: “Well, it strikes me that didn’t bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao as secretary of transportation,” says McConnell, who is married to Chao.
McConnell on Trump’s comments about immigrants “tainting” the nation’s blood: It strikes me that it didn’t bother him when he named Elaine Chao Secretary of Transportation
Wow. McConnell on Trump’s “poisoning the blood” comments — says Trump didn’t appear to have a problem when he chose Elaine Chao (his wife) to serve as transportation secretary
Sen. McConnell with a rare response to Trump’s comments on migrants: says Trump didn’t seem so bothered when he selected Elaine Chao to be DOT secretary