Trump Blames ‘Old Crow Mitch’ McConnell for His $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill’s Failure: ‘He Couldn’t Get it Passed’

Former President Donald Trump took yet another swing at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday night, blaming the Kentucky Republican for failing to pass his $2 trillion infrastructure proposal while president.

“Why is it that Old Crow Mitch McConnell voted for a terrible Democrat Socialist Infrastructure Plan, and induced others in his Party to do likewise, when he was incapable of getting a great Infrastructure Plan wanting to be put forward by me and the Republican Party?” Trump said in a statement.

Last week, Trump lashed out at McConnell and the other 18 GOP Senators for “helping Democrats” by voting for the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.

“How about all of those Republican Senators that voted thinking that helping the Democrats is such a wonderful thing to do, so politically correct,” Trump said in a statement on Sunday. “They just don’t get it! Now they’ll go for the big kill—getting their second $1.9 Trillion Bill (really $5 Trillion) approved, again with RINO support.”

In 2016, Trump campaigned on a pledge to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure, a number he rose to $1.5 trillion in 2018 and a full $2 trillion by March of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the economy.

“All of the infrastructure money, $2 Trillion, would have gone into real infrastructure (roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, etc.),” Trump added to his criticism of McConnell, echoing partisan rhetoric that the Democrat’s bill will spend money not just on infrastructure.

McConnell brushed off Trump’s insult, saying, “Actually, it’s quite an honor … Old Crow is Henry Clay’s favorite bourbon,” he explained, referencing the former Speaker of the House from Kentucky known as the “Great Compromiser” in the wake of the Civil War.

McConnell previously doubled down on his vote for the infrastructure bill and lauded the $4 billion in federal funding for his state. “We have a lot of infrastructure needs, both in rural areas and with big bridges. It’s a godsend for Kentucky,” he said Monday.