Trump: Kentucky Should Reelect Sen. McConnell Because He Gets So Many Earmarks

Fox News frequent guest Donald Trump told the hosts of Fox & Friends Monday morning that Kentucky voters should keep Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as their senator, because his senior position allows him to bring back a ton of earmarks for his state.

“If I were in Kentucky, I can tell you, with all of Mitch’s tenure and all of the money he brings back to Kentucky — I heard one person saying, oh, it’s unfair to bring so much money back to Kentucky — well, I wish we had that in New York, I wish we had that elsewhere,” Trump said.

“Frankly, if I’m in Kentucky, I love all the money coming back into Kentucky. But he gets that because of his power and because of his tenure. It would be very, very foolish to give that up if you’re from Kentucky.”

Trump followed up with a tweet in which he confused the House and the Senate:

Why would the people of Kentucky want a rookie Senator– they have Sen. Mitch @McConnellPress who may be next Speaker & bring $'s to KY?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2014

McConnell’s opponent Alison Grimes got in on the action:

Thank you @realdonaldtrump for firing @Team_Mitch and running him for "Speaker." Kentucky needs a new Senator. #kysen

— Alison L. Grimes (@AlisonForKY) September 22, 2014

Watch the clip below, via Fox News:

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