McConnell: Trump Still Not A ‘Credible’ Candidate, ‘Needs To Change’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, accompanied by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., center, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov.... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, accompanied by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., center, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) MORE LESS
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With less than a month to go until the Republican Party formally coronates Donald Trump as its 2016 presidential nominee, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) still isn’t convinced Trump is a “credible” candidate.

In an interview with NY1, McConnell said that “my hope is that he is beginning to pivot and become what I would call a more serious and credible candidate for the highest office in the land.”

The reporter asked if that meant McConnell didn’t think he was quite credible yet.

“He’s getting closer. Getting closer,” McConnell said.

McConnell also told the outlet that “Trump clearly needs to change, in my opinion, to win the general election.”

“What I’ve said to him both publicly and privately: ‘You’re a great entertainer. You turn on audiences. You’re good before a crowd. You have a lot of Twitter followers,” McConnell told NY1. “That worked fine for you in the primaries. But now that you are in the general, people are looking for a level of seriousness that is typically conveyed by having a prepared text and Teleprompter and staying on message.'”

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  1. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    You built him. You had years to disavow his birther bullshit,but you didnt. Also, fuck off.

  2. Look at these guys trying frantically to put lipstick on a pig. How many tubes you think they’ve gone through?

  3. Good luck with that Mitch. Your base finally has a candidate they can believe in…deal with it. If Trumpy the Clown becomes the candidate you want him to be, he’ll lose by even more because your base fell asleep.

  4. LOL… not so funny when you hold the mirror up and the reflection is you is it Mitch?

  5. Someone should ask Mitch, presuming he wants a republican to win, why he thinks it’s a good idea to let someone who isn’t even a credible candidate nominate a judge?

    Maybe Mitch isn’t a credible majority leader?

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