President Joe Biden gave a short word of remembrance to longtime Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after the Kentucky Republican announced he is stepping down in November.
Biden and McConnell are longtime friends who spent more than 20 years together in the Senate. Biden also served as president of the Senate during his eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president.
“He and I have trust, we’ve got a great relationship,” Biden said after speaking at an event on his efforts to fight crime. “We fought like hell, but he never, never, never misrepresented anything. I’m sorry to hear he’s stepping down.”
McConnell has been relatively friendly to Biden since he became president, especially when compared to some hard-line Republicans. McConnell even met Biden at the airport when the president visited
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