Scott And McConnell Trade Insults Over Red Wave Fail

The Hill reports:

An at-times nasty and personal discussion took place at the Senate GOP lunch, where Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who have been at odds for months, traded recriminations over who was to blame for the GOP’s failure to win back the Senate.

McConnell accused Scott of mismanaging his job at the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and of mischaracterizing the record of the Senate Leadership Fund. Scott then heatedly criticized McConnell for not putting out an agenda before the election and keeping his own leadership team in the dark.

Scott’s comment didn’t sit well with Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.), however, who pushed back hard. It got personal as Thune, who defended McConnell, made it clear he didn’t appreciate Scott second-guessing whether the rest of the GOP leadership team is fully looped-in on strategy.

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