McConnell Concedes Trump ‘Doesn’t Know A Lot About The Issues’

UNITED STATES - JUNE 02: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is interviewed by Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call at the NRSC about his new book "The Long Game," June 2, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Cal... UNITED STATES - JUNE 02: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is interviewed by Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call at the NRSC about his new book "The Long Game," June 2, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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In a remarkably candid admission, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) openly acknowledged that his party’s presidential nominee “doesn’t know a lot about the issues.”

In an interview with Bloomberg’s Masters of Politics podcast, McConnell said he hoped Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would select a vice presidential candidate with a lot of experience to make up for his lack of policy expertise.

“He needs someone highly experienced and very knowledgeable because it’s pretty obvious he doesn’t know a lot about the issues,” McConnell told Bloomberg. “You see that in the debates in which he’s participated. It’s why I have argued to him publicly and privately that he ought to use a script more often—there is nothing wrong with having prepared texts.”

McConnell went on to recall a moment when he recently saw Trump at the National Rifle Association conference. According to Bloomberg, McConnell asked Trump if he had a script. Trump confirmed he did, but dismissed it as boring. McConnell quipped, “Put me down in favor of boring.”

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  1. Just means that Trump " fits right in " —

    Mr. " fake it till ya make it " for Pres. ! —

  2. In the matter of one year, Trump has pulled back the curtain on everything Lee Atwater worked hard to cultivate, and what Ronald Reagan mastered.

  3. In all honesty, Mitch doesn’t know a lot about any issues either.

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