Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
In closing the interview, Baier pressed McConnell on former President Donald Trump's role or prominence in the 2022 midterm elections. "Do you think that former President Donald Trump will be a help to you in the midterm elections?" Baier asked"I think the midterm election almost certainly is going to be a referendum on the party in power," McConnell repliedPresident Donald Trump (L) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talk to reporters in the Rose Garden following a lunch meeting at the White House October 16, 2017 in Washington, DC
Trump and McConnell tried to erase reporting that they were not on the same page with the GOP legislative agenda and priorities
In recent months, Trump and McConnell have shared an icy relationship, with the former president dubbing McConnell "the Broken Old Crow""Well, I appreciated Lindsey Graham's tweet last night, commenting on my closing speech before we saved the Senate from the Democrats who were trying to break the Senate last night," McConnell replied, referring to an attempt by Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., to eradicate the chamber's 60-vote threshold precedent"[A]ll Republicans, believe me of all stripes, will be together voting to send this administration a strong message this November," McConnell said, never mentioning Trump